What if the House of Wisdom had gone differently?

Baghdad's caliphs pay to translate and extend Greek, Persian and Indian science.

If it had gone differently: Greek mathematics, medicine and astronomy are never translated and preserved; much of it is simply lost.

The real history on Wikipedia ↗

Later turning points that leaned on the House of Wisdom. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1150The first universities. Without it, Learning stays locked in monasteries; there is no scholarly institution for the Scientific Revolution to grow out of.
2. 1400The Italian Renaissance. Without it, Europe never rediscovers the classical world on its own terms; the break with the medieval mind comes later and shallower.