▁the ▁Scient ific ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁Islam ic ▁interactions ▁ ▁The ▁By z antine ▁Empire ▁initially ▁provided ▁the ▁medieval ▁Islam ic ▁world ▁with ▁An cient ▁Greek ▁texts ▁on ▁astronom y ▁and ▁mathematics ▁for ▁translation ▁into ▁Arab ic . ▁Later ▁with ▁the ▁emer ging ▁of ▁the ▁Muslim ▁world , ▁By z antine ▁scient ists ▁such ▁as ▁Gregory ▁Ch oni ades ▁translated ▁Arab ic ▁texts ▁on ▁Islam ic ▁astronom y , ▁mathematics ▁and ▁science ▁into ▁Med ieval ▁Greek , ▁including ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Ja ' far ▁ibn ▁Muhammad ▁Ab u ▁Ma ' sh ar ▁al - B alk hi , ▁I bn ▁Y un us , ▁al - K h az ini , ▁Muhammad ▁ibn ▁M ū s ā ▁al - K hw ā riz m ī ▁and ▁Nas ī r ▁al - D ī n ▁al - T ū s ī ▁among ▁others . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁some ▁By z antine ▁scient ists ▁who ▁used ▁Arab ic ▁transl iter ations ▁to ▁describe ▁certain ▁scientific ▁concepts ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁equivalent ▁An cient ▁Greek ▁terms ▁( such ▁as ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁tale i ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁An cient ▁Greek ▁hor os cop us ). ▁By z antine ▁science ▁thus ▁played ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁in ▁not ▁only ▁transm itting ▁ancient ▁Greek ▁knowledge ▁to ▁Western ▁Europe ▁and ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁world , ▁but ▁in ▁also ▁transm itting ▁Islam ic ▁knowledge ▁to ▁Western ▁Europe . ▁By z antine ▁scient ists ▁also ▁became ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁S ass an id ▁and ▁Indian ▁astronom y ▁through ▁cit ations