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Praxis II Citizenship

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How did the Muslims acquire the scientific knowledge that they passed on to the Europeans during the Crusades?
  1. They acquired the knowledge from the Greek Macedonians, who conquered them centuries earlier.
  2. Their knowledge originated in the Middle East during the Abassid Caliphate.
  3. After the Muslims invaded northern Africa, they gained the knowledge from the ancient Egyptians.
  4. They discovered long-lost Christian church texts that contained the information, which they integrated into Muslin culture.
Explanation
Answer: A - The Muslims acquired their scientific knowledge from the Greeks, who conquered the Middle East (around 331 to 329 B.C.E.) under Alexander the Great and the Macedonians. During the Crusades, the Muslims passed their advanced scientific knowledge on to the Europeans, to whom much of Ancient Greece’s knowledge had been lost. Subsequently, the Europeans of the Middle Ages advanced their understanding of chemistry, physics, astronomy, mathematics, and geography, as well as architecture, paper-making, textiles, and leather work.
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