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Exactly. The modern myth of Islamic invaders "preserving" anything was just a myth and as far as I know is very recent.

The areas that we today identify with this faith had the history of a lot of science work before the invaders came. And the religion was also not that one:

From the five holy "sees" only Rome survived the invaders:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_see#Listing_of_the_s...

"Rome, in Italy (Saint Peter and Saint Paul)

Constantinople, now Istanbul in present-day Turkey (Saint Andrew)

Alexandria, in Egypt (Saint Mark the Evangelist)[14][15][16]

Antioch, in present-day Turkey (Saint Peter)[17]

Jerusalem, in the Holy Land (Saint Peter and Saint James)[18]"




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