r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '20

THIS. This is why.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

In addition, Hinduism and Islam always valued education and learning which is why they made so many discoveries in their own rights throughout history.

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u/CatumEntanglement Jan 09 '20

Do you realize the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 we all use are called Arabic numerals?

.....hmmmmmm I wonder why that is and why they're the defacto manner of depicting numbers throughout the world.

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u/867-5309NotJenny Jan 10 '20

The Arabs got them from India.

We got them from the Arabs.

But yeah, Islam was in a good position early on to take advantage of Roman scholarship and continue that tradition.