• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    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.

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      7 days 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