Stamets [Mirror]@startrek.website to Memes@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoDoes it not pierce thine very heart?imagemessage-square22 fedilinkarrow-up1391
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minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]hexbear4·9 months agoIsn't ancient Persian science pretty significant? link
minus-squareChapo_is_Red [he/him]hexbear5·9 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. link
minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]hexbear3·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. link
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.