The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance.So, in the puzzle of the West, what important pieces have been left out? What’s been added that doesn’t belong? That’s not an easy task because our image of what it means to be “American” and “Western” is crafted from the time we’re born by our families, education, and media. So, what we think we “know” is really only what we’ve been told. Yet, if we knew the important truths that have been left out, how would America, the West, and the world really look?...