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"What they (the Franks) learned from the Arabs was indispensable in their subsequent expansion. The heritage of Greek civilization was transmitted through Arab intermediaries. In medicine, astronomy, chemistry, geometry, mathematics, and architecture, the (Franks) drew their knowledge from Arabic books, which day assimilated, imitated and then surpassed...In the realm of
industry, the Europeans first learned and then improved upon the processes used by the Arabs in papermaking, leather-working, textiles, and the distillation of alcohol and sugar."
-Amin Maalouf, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, 1984
The passage above illustrates which of the following?
What was a major cause for the growth of cities throughout Afro
Which of the following is a major cause for the growth of cities throughout Afro-Eurasia from 800-1350 C.E.? "What they (the Franks) learned from the Arabs was indispensable in their subsequent expansion. The heritage of Greek civilization was transmitted through Arab intermediaries.
Which of the following represents a significant change in Africa between 1450 CE and 1750 CE?
Which of the following represents a significant change in Africa between 1450 C.E. and 1750 C.E.? Most enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic instead of the Sahara. Which of the following was a major change in global patterns of religious beliefs and practices in the period 1450-1750 C.E.?
What was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?
The spread of the bubonic plague following the expansion of trade along the Silk Roads weakened the Mongol Empire demographically and militarily. Mongol traditions emphasized tribal and personal loyalties and made it difficult to establish long-lasting centralized dynastic rule, which led to civil war.
What happened Afro
In Afro-Eurasia, all agrarian civilizations were linked together into a vast interconnected network by the beginning of the Common Era. This network involved not only the trading of material goods, but also the trading of social, religious, and philosophical ideas, languages, new technologies, and disease.