Cultural heritage of the thinkers of the Eastern Renaissance as a fundamental stage in the development of world civilisation

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This article examined the Eastern Renaissance scholars and thinkers of Central Asia of the 9th-13th centuries and their impact on world culture and science. To attain this purpose, Eastern Renaissance intellectuals' scientific achievements were analysed and compared to ancient and mediaeval European philosophical and scientific perspectives. General conclusions were formed about their impact on global science, culture, and philosophy. The research found that Central Asia and the Middle East experienced a cultural phenomenon similar to European cultural processes in the 14th-16th centuries during the 9th-13th centuries. This is the Eastern Renaissance. Eastern Renaissance intellectuals shared a humanistic ideology that valued individuality with European Renaissance thinkers. Like the European Renaissance, Eastern Renaissance thinkers were influenced by ancient philosophers and scholars. Many ancient thinkers' works were translated into Arabic and Persian. In the East, the old legacy was researched and expanded, while in Europe it was ignored. The Eastern Renaissance intellectuals helped Europe rediscover antiquity, a European Renaissance preoccupation. Eastern Renaissance centres were Great Silk Road cities. Eastern Renaissance intellectuals had access to both East’s and the West's achievements thanks to this channel.

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