Week 2 Part B Scientific revolution

 

1. Why were the early Muslim caliphs so interested in preserving the ideas of ancient science?

250 words per question

 Resources:

Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction by Domenico E., III Bertoloni Meli, Harold Dorn, and James E., III McClellan 

 Light from the East: How the Science of Medieval Islam Helped to Shape the Western World by John Freely