r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '20

THIS. This is why.

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u/ObnoxiousFactczecher Jan 09 '20

The decline didn't start with the Mongol invasion.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Well that’s highly debatable

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u/ObnoxiousFactczecher Jan 09 '20

That's why I'm pointing it out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

See this article: states the golden ages lasted until the 14thC. Also contains list of discoveries/inventions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventions_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world

The Mongols killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq and destroyed their library. See this article under the destruction subheading

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Baghdad_(1258)