Complex sentence: Ommaya noted that muslims gathered and studied what was known about science and learning from Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, Creek, Iranian, Sabaen and Chinese sources this encyclopedic effort laid the foundations for new developments in experimental method, theory and applications of science.
Split into simpler sentences: Ommaya noted that muslim scholars gathered and studied what was known about science and learning from Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, Creek, Iranian, Sabaen and Chinese sources. This encyclopedic effort laid the foundations for new developments in experimental method, theory and applications of science.