>Fernando
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>The last paragraph in http://i-cias.com/e.o/saladin.htm summarises why people are unaware of Arabic contribution to western civilisation. A dispassionate consideration of Saladin's experience with the Crusaders makes very interesting reading. in a contest of "culture", Saladin wins hands down.
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>Perhaps if people also consider that 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 are called ""Arabic numerals", that might help identify some slight(?!) contribution. < g >

I think they were the originators of zero too (giving them the whole set < s >).

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>Regards
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>JR