• Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Yet the same can be said about many cultures throughout time as religion was the government so I understand what you are saying, but religion is still not worth mentioning. It would be like saying the CPU was made by a Democratic nation and enjoyed by fascists, authoritarian governments etc etc.

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      8 months ago

      There are, genuinely, artifacts from the Western world where the religion and culture are also highly relevant to the discovery and attribution. Perhaps in the future, it will be highly relevant to identify the political attribution to an artifact. That’s certainly the case with civilizations that interacted with Rome.

    • nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz
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      8 months ago

      Islam and islamic research into astronomy is mainly motivated by religion. A large motivator of research during the golden age is islam