What others said about Arabic Read in the original
In his book, after describing what became of learning in early medieval Western Europe:
“Muslim cultures in the Middle East, Persia, and North Africa, however, flourished with great importance accorded to the legacy of Greek inquiry. Much of Ptolemy’s work was translated into Arabic, along with the works of other scholars, such as Euclid.”
John Edward Huth
b. 1958
American physicist at Harvard University, author of a book on traditional navigation and wayfinding.
In Arabic
غير أنّ الثقافاتِ الإسلاميّة في الشرق الأوسط وفارس وشمال أفريقيا ازدهرت، وأولت إرثَ البحث اليونانيّ عنايةً كبيرة. فقد تُرجم كثيرٌ من أعمال بطليموس إلى العربيّة، مع أعمال علماءَ آخرين مثل إقليدس.
Source
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013
He wrote in English. The printed Arabic is close but makes «cultures» singular, renders Persia as «Iran» and scholars as «authors»; the Arabic here is ours.
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