To: Noumenon; muawiyah
Well Algebra is an arabic derived word... For what they took from the Dravidian cultures which they subsequently destroyed. Aryan, actually, and one of the mathematician's names - Aryabhatta. See link in my previous comment.
To: James C. Bennett
Yes, you are correct - I just read about this in Emmet Scott's Mohammed & Charlemagne Revisited, where the author makes a very strong case for the idea that the so-called Dark Ages - from mid 7th century to the end of the 10th - were largely the product of the rise of Islam. They engaged in slaughter, ruin, enslavement and impoverishment everywhere they went. For a time, they appeared to be fabulously wealthy, but that was merely a byproduct of the looting of every civilized place they went.
85 posted on
02/08/2013 1:35:03 PM PST by
Noumenon
(One individual with courage, determination and a rifle can change the course of history.)
To: James C. Bennett
Dravidian culture is still alive and well
86 posted on
02/08/2013 1:39:33 PM PST by
muawiyah
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