Archived What useful things could western civilization learn from the Arab world? (askgoat)
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Archived What useful things could western civilization learn from the Arab world? (askgoat)
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[–] Vise_Grip_Pussy_Lips 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
This sums it up pretty well, I think.
[–] Grospoliner ago
Yeah. You hear people go on about Algebra being an Islamic invention, but then you realize fucking Pythagoras existed a millennium before Islam and Babylon for one before that.
[–] OneTrueCube ago
It's more of their number system than algebra itself. Decimal places and the use of zero was super important.