seethru
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before watching that documentary in which Ben kingsly narrated (and acted), I was under the impression that, may be when Islamic caliphate was at Baghdad, they made decent scientific progress. But, with 400 years of wealth from the colonies, military might, the same ingredients which the west used (Greek Logic, Indian Mathematics (and medicine, astronomy from various sources), Central Asian Paper Technology, all that the so called "Islamic civilization" achieved was a primitive aeration Tank, Kalam's cosmological arguement, and so called 'laboratory method'.
It was disappointing. Perhaps, the best thing that came of this 'Islamic' empire is the preservation and transfer of ancient wisdom from various other civilizations to a single place for further study. But, the fallout was cultural genocide in countries like Persia, Iraq, Syria, Algeria etc., and a mass delusion of belonging to the right religion. Everything has a good side and bad side, I guess.
