How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance

Science and Islam (documentary) is a BBC series on the topic.<p><a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Science_and_Islam_%28documentary%29" rel="nofollow">https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Science_and_I...</a>

If the Muslims didn't burn down the library of Alexandria I wonder if the Renaissance wouldn't have come much sooner.