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To: 1010RD

Islam had their Golden Age between about 900 and 1200 A.D. when they were more advanced than the West in many ways; paved streets while Paris was covered in mud. But a reaction set in and they’ve been in a funk ever since.


15 posted on 04/02/2013 6:10:45 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

Actually, that so called Islam golden age was merely a period of living off the fruits of the empires which they conquered, notably the Persians.


17 posted on 04/02/2013 6:17:23 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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