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Science in Medieval Europe 1) Which are the causes and the results of the Hellenization of Islam? Discuss the width and the breath of Islamic science. The process of Hellenization accelerated after 749 when the ‘Abbasids came to power. The ‘Abbasid caliphs had no intention of remaining in Damascus. The Islamic Empire was being transformed from a warrior aristocracy into a centralized state. This bureaucracy could not be staffed by the warriors who made up the conquering armies, and the caliphs had no alternative but to make use of educated Persians and Christians, who were recent converts to Islam. The Persian and Christian influences were the cause of the