Contributions of the Arab World

[Bob Hubbard]

Interesting facts in here. It's a traveling exhibit showcasing the top inventions of the Islamic world, a great deal of which I didn't know about.
1001 inventions

For the lazy, the Independent newspaper in the UK printed their top 20 from the exhibition.

 

[beau_safken]

Thats pretty sweet. Thanks Bob

 

[Andrew Green]

Almost like a swap at some point. A few hundred years back Christians where in the dark ages, war in some form was almost constant, science came to a stand still and was usually seen as heresy, progress essentially went backwards. Asia and the Islamic countries made all the big discoveries.

 

[Flying Crane]

A few hundred years back Christians where in the dark ages, war in some form was almost constant, science came to a stand still and was usually seen as heresy, progress essentially went backwards.

wow, some of this strikes just a little too close to home right now...

constant war, teaching Intelligent Design as science...

 

[deadhand31]

Almost like a swap at some point. A few hundred years back Christians where in the dark ages, war in some form was almost constant, science came to a stand still and was usually seen as heresy, progress essentially went backwards. Asia and the Islamic countries made all the big discoveries.

During the crusades, the crusaders destroyed the library at Alexandria. Some historians said that the loss of all that literature set our progress in arts, science, and writing back by 1000 years.

Maybe that's why it's the year 2000 and we don't have our flying cars.

 

[Rich Parsons]

You mean Al Gebra might have made that list?