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This YouTube video discusses how Islam saved Western civilization. The main point is that, according to orthodox Christianity, Jesus was not tempted as a man, but as God. This heresy, known as the Aryan heresy, took off in Egypt and spread to other parts of the world, including the United States. The video provides a history of how Islam saved Western Civilization. The Roman Empire was very cruel, and when they got to Dacia, they killed and enslaved everybody. Egypt was also 4,000 years old when Alexander the Great conquered it, and when he was looking at the pyramids, he was amazed that they were 2,000 years old. The Mesopotamians invented the bagpipe, but the Celts were migrating through Mesopotamia and they heard the bagpipe and took it to North Africa and then invaded Europe.

00:00:00 The book "How the Irish Saved Civilization" by Tom Barry is full of errors. The first and most obvious problem is that Rome did not fall on September 4, 476 A.D., and the Irish were not responsible for the conversion of the Germanic tribesmen. The second problem is that most of the Germanic tribesmen were already Christian when the Irish converted them, and the third problem is that the Trinity was not resolved at the Nicene Council.
00:05:00 This YouTube video discusses how Islam saved Western civilization. The main point is that, according to orthodox Christianity, Jesus was not tempted as a man, but as God. This heresy, known as the Aryan heresy, took off in Egypt and spread to other parts of the world, including the United States.
00:10:00 The video discusses how Islam saved Western Civilization from being destroyed by other civilizations. The class usually starts with the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD, and goes on to discuss different periods of Western Civilization. The main focus is on the Renaissance, which is mentioned as an interesting period to learn about. The video ends with a reminder that the next class will focus on the Renaissance and how it led to the modern world.
00:15:00 In this video, a scholar discusses how Islam saved Western civilization. He argues that without Islam, there would be no writing, government, or civilization.
00:20:00 The video provides a history of how Islam saved Western Civilization. The Roman Empire was very cruel, and when they got to Dacia, they killed and enslaved everybody. Egypt was also 4,000 years old when Alexander the Great conquered it, and when he was looking at the pyramids, he was amazed that they were 2,000 years old. The Mesopotamians invented the bagpipe, but the Celts were migrating through Mesopotamia and they heard the bagpipe and took it to North Africa and then invaded Europe.
00:25:00 The presenter discusses how Islam saved Western civilization, noting that while the English did conquer large portions of the world, they only ruled for 200 years before running out of steam. The presenter also discusses how the English created the East concept, which influenced the Roman and Greek empires.
00:30:00 The video discusses how the East was divorced from Western civilization in the minds of people, and how this is similar to what happened to Egypt and Iraq. It goes on to discuss how Ryan showed that the West was founded in Egypt and Iraq. The video ends with a mention of Downton Abbey, and how it is a propaganda piece aimed at making the East seem irrational, inefficient, and authoritarian.
00:35:00 The video discusses how Islam saved Western Civilization by helping to prevent the Nazis from conquering the United States. It points out that, while there have been many Irish-American presidents, the majority of Americans don't focus on this fact because we are in a different place now.
00:40:00 According to the speaker, western civilization is a complex mixture of various inventions and accomplishments that are not always entirely accurate or true. For example, Ben Franklin is not actually the inventor of the glasses, but someone else in the same class. Similarly, the steam engine was invented by many people over a period of centuries, not just one man. In addition, the speaker notes that identity markers can be complicated, and that in the case of western civilization, these markers often involve religious beliefs.
00:45:00 The narrator tells the story of how Islam saved Western civilization, beginning with the invention of the steam engine by a Greek from Alexandria, Egypt. He also explains how Finland, a Swedish colony, was punished by Russia after the French lost in the Napoleonic Wars, and how the Finland Spence car was a good deal for the Russians.
00:50:00 The video discusses how Islam saved Western civilization by helping to unite the Finns and Swedes against the Russians. The Finnish prime minister stated that they need to join NATO in order to protect Sweden, but will only do so if the Swedes join as well. Heron, a Greek scientist from Egypt, was likely part Egyptian due to the fact that his family tree is difficult to trace due to multiple marriages into local populations.
00:55:00 This YouTube video examines how Islam saved Western civilization by helping to connect the East and West. The author argues that there is no "Western Civilization" that is a construct of our imagination, but that there is a Western civilization because there is a geographical region that had more connection with other places than with other places.

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This video discusses how Islam saved Western civilization by allowing for different faiths to thrive and learn from each other. The narrator mentions that one of the things that the Arabs figured out was crop rotation, and that they also invented the camera obscura. The video discusses how Islam saved Western civilization by bringing fresh food to China and India, developing plumbing and water wheels, and creating the social sciences.

01:00:00 This video provides a history of how Islam saved Western civilization. The introduction talks about how the Mediterranean connects civilizations and how the 18th Dynasty of Egypt created an empire that stretched from one country to the next. The video then discusses how imperialism is the history of Western Civilization and how the 18th Dynasty also invented a convenience industry.
01:05:00 This video explains how Islam saved Western civilization by helping to create the first ever Bill of Rights. The 18th Dynasty in Egypt was an important time in the development of history, as they were able to document their events more thoroughly than previous dynasties. In 6th Century BC, Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire and issued the world's first ever Bill of Rights, which was later adopted by other civilizations. Human slavery, human sacrifice, and religion were all prohibited in the Persian Empire, leading to a more peaceful and tolerant world.
01:10:00 The video explains how the ancient Greeks and Persians were constantly fighting, until one day when the Greeks were conquered by the Persians, and the Greeks lost their knowledge and technology. Alexander the Great, a Persian, then founds the Great Library in Egypt, which is the world's first museum and library. The Library of Congress reached 1 million books in 1905, which is equivalent to the amount of books in the Great Library.
01:15:00 This video tells the story of how Islam saved Western civilization from decline in the late 1800s. After the Roman Empire converted to Christianity and abandoned its pagan roots, it began to move away from its Advanced technological capabilities. In 391 A.D., an Emperor decreed that only Christians could be in the Roman Empire, which led to the persecution of Jews and pagans. However, a Greek translation of the Old Testament was made and stored in Alexandria, where it was preserved by a group of 70 rabbis. When the Persian Emperor Shahpur conquered Alexandria, he attempted to destroy the library in order to gain access to its contents. However, the Jews in the city had been warned and were able to flee before it was destroyed.
01:20:00 The video discusses how the Islamic religion helped revive Western civilization after it was threatened by wars between Rome and Persia. The first ruler after the prophet, Abu Bakr, conquered the Arabian Peninsula and unified it, and within a year, the Arabs had conquered the Persian Empire. The video also highlights how the Arabs were able to defeat the Romans despite being outnumbered, outmanned, and technologically inferior.
01:25:00 According to this YouTube video, Islam saved Western Civilization by converting Greek texts into Arabic, which made them available to a larger portion of the population. Al-Kindi and Farabi, two philosophers from the 8th and 10th centuries, respectively, were responsible for this advancement. Farabi also created algorithms, which are still used today.
01:30:00 Al-Farabi asks a question that throws everyone off - if God is beneficent and merciful, then why are only Christians, Jews, and Muslims able to get to Heaven? Al-Farabi starts a movement called the Sufis which argues that every religion should be given equal respect.
01:35:00 Aristotle's philosophy is summarized by saying that there are three "realities": the reality we experience, the reality of the forms, and the reality of the idios. He realized that the reality of the forms is more real than the reality of the idios, which is why he said that a chair is more real than an actual chair. Cena reads this and realizes that Aristotle was on to something about the nature of the universe.
01:40:00 According to this YouTube video, Islam is responsible for many advancements in Western civilization, including the invention of modern medicine. Ibn Sina, the father of modern medicine, is said to have been a contemporary of Ibn Cena.
01:45:00 This video discusses how Islam saved Western civilization by allowing for different faiths to thrive and learn from each other. The narrator mentions that one of the things that the Arabs figured out was crop rotation, and that they also invented the camera obscura.
01:50:00 The video discusses how Islam saved Western civilization by bringing fresh food to China and India, developing plumbing and water wheels, and creating the social sciences.
01:55:00 The video discusses the history of Western civilization, and how Islam played a significant role in its development. It argues that without Islam, the development of mathematics, science, and philosophy would have been much slower and more difficult.

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The video discusses how Islam saved Western civilization by helping to create the Renaissance and the Crusades. It also points out how the Normans, who were originally Vikings who conquered France and Sicily, eventually blended in with Arab society and learned Arabic, which helped them conquer more territory.