alt Hacker NewsThey transmitted the text yeah but they were not the “preserver” of the roman legacy. The byzantines viewed themselves as romans.
They transmitted the text yeah but they were not the “preserver” of the roman legacy. The byzantines viewed themselves as romans.
I was talking about Greek texts rather than Roman legacy, whatever that means. Arabs certainly preserved some of the Greek texts, because many haven't survived in origianl Greek manuscripts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeco-Arabic_translation_move...
The Muslims also made original contributions to science, e.g. Ibn Sahl discovering what later became known as Snell's law of refraction.