... silver made for Rogers the Second, king of Sicily. Arabs were the first to try traveling around the Earth as Al-Idrisi mentioned in his book (Nozhat Al-Mushtaq) about some of the Moors who tried to conquer the Sea of Darkness (The Atlantic Ocean) and told of what happened ... and Architecture. Yet, it didn't suffice them to translate or copy, so they used their critical methods when they learnt these sciences, writing their notes and discarding all delusions and ill beliefs that prevailed them. Translation saved Greek heritage from decadence. Scientific development, especially translation...

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