The Muslim world was at the very forefront of science. The people in power, the chaos in power at the time were fairly liberal. This is a kind of a benefit of an authoritarian state that if you have the man at the top, if he happens to be fairly liberal and encourages movement then you might see progress. But if he isn't, then you don't.

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