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Re:Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance? (1999) by ptah on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:52AM (#20632977)
from your link: "In the Western world, Persia (or one of its cognates) was historically the common name for Iran"

so I will stick to saying colonial as it accurately points to the western world as opposed to Africa or Asia for example

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Re:Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance? (1999) by vinay427 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:14AM (#20633067)
I don't disagree about the name that should be used, as I said. I just think calling it colonial needs a little more context for people who would not unreasonably assume it's something more similar to Western colonialism of India or something.

On that note, "India"/Hindustan/Hindu/etc. are somewhat similarly colonial-rooted names, ironically popularized by the Iranians.

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Re:Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance? (1999) by ptah on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:26AM (#20633115)
"western colonialism" is redundant. "colonialism" will suffice :)
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