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vlad321 said:

Read my edit, also read the following:

Har, Michael H. History of Libraries in the Western World, Scarecrow Press Incorporate, 1999,

and

Norwich, John Julius, A Short History of Byzantium, 1997,

Both understand that the Renaissance flourished in Italy because greek scholars and texts left the Byzantine Empire and went to Italy, a bunch to Florence if I remember correctly (which some consider the birth of the Renaissance). Moors had nothing to do with it. I am also very well aware of the arabic numbers and the roman numerals.

It should be noted that there are actually 2 Reneissances. The Reneissance of the 12th century and the Reneissance that started in the 14h Century. The Moors contributed greatly to the 12th century one. Their empire was almost gone by the second Reneissance. They did have contribute to the preserving of Greek knowledge though, as they stole many texts from the Byzantines when they invaded their territories, and even expanded on that knowledge.