When you examine the image from al-Mubashshir’s Maxims, you see Islamic culture (in terms of dress, furniture, and facial hair fashion) superimposed onto ancient Greek life. Keep this imager

When you examine the image from al-Mubashshir’s Maxims, you see Islamic culture (in terms of dress, furniture, and facial hair fashion) superimposed onto ancient Greek life. Keep this imagery in mind as you read the two sources, one extolling the value of studying all history, the other an admonishment against non-Islamic cultures. Do you think, overall, medieval Islamic culture embraced or shunned classical knowledge? Consider this in terms of the tenets of Islam and consider also whether this would have been similar under late-Roman Christianity.