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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by Scriptor on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:52PM (#18298450)
The Arab golden age was very important.

I am also unclear what you mean by "especially". Are you saying that there was actually more scientific output in Arabic before 1400 years ago?

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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by barry-cotter on Thursday October 25, 2018 @01:26AM (#18298705)
Calling it the Arab Golden Age is pushing it. It was a Golden Age of the Islamic world but the high culture, science and philosophy was often communicated in Persian and most of the great thinkers we remember were not Arabs.
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