Stamets [Mirror]@startrek.website to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 年前Does it not pierce thine very heart?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down126
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minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 年前Isn’t ancient Persian science pretty significant?
minus-squareChapo_is_Red [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前To my knowledge, most of it from antiquity was lost. Whish is what Ibn Khaldun was speaking about, not the scholarship for the Islamic period.
minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 年前To clarify, I did mean the pre-Islamic Persians, but it looks like you’re right. There is evidence of engineering achievements but a lot was lost.
Isn’t ancient Persian science pretty significant?
To my knowledge, most of it from antiquity was lost. Whish is what Ibn Khaldun was speaking about, not the scholarship for the Islamic period.
To clarify, I did mean the pre-Islamic Persians, but it looks like you’re right. There is evidence of engineering achievements but a lot was lost.