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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Also the Islamic Golden age. Imagine being the empire that spread algebra, Arabic numbers, the start of modern medicine, astronomy, and science but no one knows it came from you. Heartbreaking.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's what happens when the successors do everything in their power to destroy your libraries. The destruction of the enemies history and literature is a longstanding human tradition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_destroyed_libraries

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

rare mongolian L

[–] protist@mander.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago

I think at least they commonly get credit in the West for their astronomy. Most of the stars that are visible to the naked eye in the northern hemisphere have Arabic names that are still in use

[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks to plenty of anti-Islamic propaganda over the years