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[–] TheBuddha [S] 3 points 3 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.

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[–] Shekelstein6M 3 points 3 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.

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[–] TheBuddha [S] 3 points 2 points (+5|-3) ago 

You're arguing in the face of overwhelming evidence, and I'm not sure why?

The truth is, they are long past their golden age. That's not in doubt. However, scientific (and mathematic) progress didn't stop - it did quite well. They were pretty good stewards for a little while. We have lots and lots of evidence for this.

You can question it - but there's loads of primary sources and historical record for this. It's pretty much indisputable. And, like all academics throughout the history of academia since before pre-history, they stood on the shoulders of giants. It's not a bad thing - it's a great thing. There's no shame in it. If there's shame in it, it's that they don't today foster these same senses of curiosity, wonderment, and discovery.

Feel free to scour though the resources and check the historical record. There are tens of thousands of scholarly studies of this very subject. There's piles of evidence confirming this. You can choose to not accept it - but that doesn't make you correct. You'll have to bring something more to the table than "I also question." You'll have to bring new research, new evidence, and pretty much rewrite the history of the entire region for about 400 years.

If you do, let me know. I'll be more than happy to help you get it published and I'll review your paper for you.