Hunayn Ibn Ishaq:

Akhi Khulon:
Who is this famous Assyrian scholar and translator of Classical Greek literature into Aramaic and Arabic,in which the World leaned so much from. his name is Hunayn the Son of Isaac who died in 873A.D. Also how many other famous assyrians were there that helped bring knowldeg to a ignorant Europe? Why are we not more fammilar witht he vast accomplishment of the Assyrian people? Is this not a crime? What are the accomplishments in the feild of Theology and Bible scolarship in the COE? Shlama W'Berkhata, Sam

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Shlama Akhi Shmuel,

Here is a great link to an article by a personal friend of mine, Mr. Fred Aprim who is also one of the most learned of the Assyrian historians and nationalists:

https://www.nineveh.com/Hun.htm

Much of the scientific knowledge which helped medieval Europe escape the Dark Ages and enter the "Renaissance" came from Arabic (Islamic) literature - 99% of which came through Aramaic translations of ancient Greek science, which itself was heavily dependent on the Cradle of Civilization - Mesopotamia (Beth Naharaim - Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldea.)

Dr. Ishaq was a Nestorian physician in the service of the Islamic rulers of the time. His work alone preserved much of what we know of as Greek science today.

There were many others the world is indebted to. You can read more about them in Samuel Hugh Moffet's "A history of Christianity in Asia", and especially De Lacy O'Leary's, "How Greek science passed to the Arabs."

The common misconception that the Assyrians were the evil guys of the Old Testament still persists in our psyche today.

In truth, the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians were no more barbaric and cruel than their neighbors. Their accomplishments, however, are not as well known as their military prowess.

From the invention of the wheel to irrigation and hydraulics, from the 60-second, 60-minute, 24-hour clock to Astronomy, the Alphabet, the yearly calendar, Medicine, the first Code of Law, etc....it's all in the history books. It all started in that little corner of the world between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.

It is really a matter of pride to us. It is a heritage that belongs to all the world, not just our Semitic group (Assyrians, Jews and Arabs.)

Today, sanctions against the innocent people are starving them and the bombs that are dropping are destroying thousands of years old treasures that can never be recovered.

We are losing much more than this ancient and holy language, to which this website is dedicated.

The whole world is losing a small but important piece of the mosaic that makes us all who we are.

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