Civilization Connections: Early Islam and Latin-European Renaissance
S. M. Ghazanfar
The paper discusses four interrelated themes. First, there is a description on the ―lost paradigm‖ of Islamic connections to European Renaissance, followed by discussion evidence that this Renaissance depended crucially upon intellectual armory acquired through prolonged contacts with early civilization. influence many Muslim scholars Western Enlightenment also cannot be denied. documents some key such as Al-Kindi, Ibn-e-Sina, Al-Ghazali and in particular Ibn-e-Rushd, whose writings contributed hugely Enlightenment. This various sources transmission enabled Latin-Europeans exit from Dark Ages towards medieval well subsequent Italian Renaissance.
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