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why was Euclids book the "Elements" translated into Arabic and not Latin?
 
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xquizitegyal
08/31/08
why was Euclids book the "Elements" translated into Arabic and not Latin?
           
 
jbrooks
08/31/08
replied to: xquizitegyal
'Elements' was translated into Arabic by the Byzantines at the end of the eighth century.

It was translated into Latin by Christian scholar Boethius in the 6th century