EUROPE’S TEACHERS, EUROPE’S LEARNERS

DBQs:

“Europe in the Middle Ages owed all that it learned about Aristotle and philosophy to teachers from other cultures, especially Islamic cultures.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?

From about 750–1300 AD, first the Islamic lands and then Christian Europe absorbed ancient Greek ideas about reason and science. Compare and contrast the two civilizations in terms of their ability to accept these ideas and adapt them to their own religious traditions