• Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      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.