@Stamets@startrek.website to Memes@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoDoes it not pierce thine very heart?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down126
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minus-squareChapo_is_Red [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoTo 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]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-29 months agoTo 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.
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.