Muslim Conquests of Intellectually Superior People Whose Knowledge Was Then Attributed To Muslim Conquerers

Submitted by Rick (United States), Nov 20, 2007 at 19:29

Not only did Indians invent the zero but they invented minus numbers as well.. No one had used numbers less than "one" before Indians did.

The conquest of China by the Monguls is also a case of an inferior intellectual people conquering a superior intelllectual people.

Likewise the Persians, another advanced civilization a victim of Muslim conquest.

When all is said and done, what real knowledge came out of the dustbin of Arabia except the power of the sword?

And what does the Koran add to Judaism and Christianity?

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