A History of Agriculture in India v2.c53.s6.6
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c53.s6.6
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v2.c53.s6.6
From Spain and Sicily, where the civilization of the Arabs attained its acme, it transmitted its influence into France and Italy. Its greatest gift to Europe was paper. The Moslems learnt paper-making from the Chinese workmen whom they captured in Samarqand in A.D. 704. The first paper factories were established by the Moslems in Spain and Sicily in the twelfth century. Paper provided the foundation for the renaissance in literature, which followed the invention of the printing-press.