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[–] Shekelstein6M 4 points 8 points 12 points (+12|-4) ago
Correction, a good amount of mathematical knowledge came from places that muslims conquered (Greece, Egypt, Babylon, Persia, India). When muslims stopped conquering they stopped advancing scientifically.
[–] TheBuddha [S] 3 points 3 points 6 points (+6|-3) ago
No, that is not correct. While it's true that they got a lot of knowledge from places they conquered, it's not true that advancements stopped. Here's a citation and there's a whole lot of of resources for you to examine at the bottom:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_in_medieval_Islam
As another poster pointed out, the golden age is long since over - but to deny that they advanced the art flies in the face of all scholarship history.
[–] Shekelstein6M 3 points 3 points 6 points (+6|-3) ago (edited ago)
Most of those guys are from freshly conquered lands, mainly from Persia. They stopped advancing when they raped and converted everyone they could. I also question how many of those advancements were made by non muslims, but were then stolen by a muslim or the non muslims were forced to convert.
Their scientific advancements stopped at the same time their conquests did.