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[–] 97 points 4 days ago (11 children)

He doesn't seem to know who brought the alphabet to Europe...

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  • [–] 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Who do you think the Phoenicians were? Do you think a sea faring people wouldn't have picked up different nationalities? That's why racism is so stupid.

    On the original point:

    Mathematics during the Golden Age of Islam, especially during the 9th and 10th centuries, was built upon syntheses of Greek mathematics (Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius) and Indian mathematics (Aryabhata, Brahmagupta). Important developments of the period include extension of the place-value system to include decimal fractions, the systematised study of algebra and advances in geometry and trigonometry.

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

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    How about the number system , we all be using Roman number system if it wasn’t for Arab mathematics.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Technically Arabs just brought over the Indian system. Would be fun if e.g. Slavs brought it instead, and it would be called Slavic numerals.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    didn't Arabs also introduce zero?

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