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To: ManyMoose who wrote (299847)4/6/2009 4:05:53 PM
From: Nadine Carroll6 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 793914
 

OK, they created the alphabet and algebra. That's it for the 'A's.

No, they inherited the alphabet from the Greeks and the Jews. They transmitted numerals and algebra from the Indians.

Even at its heyday, Arab civilization was better at transmitting the inventions of the more civilized Greeks, Persians and Indians than in inventing for itself.
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