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To: aliquando
I am sure there were a few other things that we adopted but math seems to be their biggest contribution to civilization.

Much of their math, including the concept of zero and what we call Arabic numbers, was stolen from the Hindus, whom they conquered, and ruled until the Brits came along.

30 posted on 02/22/2007 6:34:38 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
They did get a lot of technology from India--they also made advances by themselves.

How much Western technology and science is based on non-European origins? (rhetorical) Imagine Columbus traveling to the Americas without his ship (of Arabic design), gunpowder, paper, and (if they used one) a compass.

43 posted on 02/22/2007 6:38:17 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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