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The Byzantine part of the Roman Empire was richer and lasted longer than the western part - Still I don't know any of their great cultural accomplishments besides art and architecture. Is there a reason for that besides ignorance? None appears in one of my histories of Philosophy for example.
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The ancient Greek texts of Aristotle were very important for the intellectual development of Europe and were (in part) 'rediscovered' from Muslim/Arabic sources. How important was the Muslim commentary which was written about these texts?
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Is there a consensus among historians whether the 'large communist countries' in the twentieth century had a left ideology? I know a lot of people who say they were actually more right-wing/authoritarian.
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