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To: gorush
Arabic numbers are, well, Arabic numbers for a reason.

Um... Except the correct name for them is hindu arabic numbers. The "hindu" being there for a reason. BTW the Arabs do not use the numeric symbols we call arabic numbers.

25 posted on 08/11/2013 5:26:24 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeeSharp

As a student of history, I will look into your claims.


26 posted on 08/11/2013 5:27:34 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: SeeSharp

...and I’ve been wrong before. The Arab architecture I’ve seen is responsible for my present “feelings” on the subject, but I will consider that I am wrong, as that’s what learning is all about.


28 posted on 08/11/2013 5:30:54 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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