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[–] NeedleStack ago 

Algebra is from the Arabic word Al-jabr and its early origins were worked by Middle Eastern mathematicians so there's one example.

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[–] Grospoliner 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not quite. The Ancient Babylonians are the first recorded people to establish the foundations of algebraic maths between 1800 - 1600 BC. There's also the fact that Pythagoras (x2 + y2 = r2) lived around 500 BC, so that's two thousand years of algebraic math prior to the invention of Islam in 600 AD. It is called Algebra because it was translated from an Arabian scholar in the 9th century who translated prior works of his betters, you know, because the Muslims had conquered Alexandria, Spain, Carthage, and the Middle East