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Re:Why the Arabic world turned away from science (2011) by dragontamer on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:06PM (#24733288)
> (Romans -> Ottomans -> mandates)

Hittites -> Assyrians -> Babylonians -> Macedonia (aka Alexander the Great) -> Egyptian -> Romans -> Byzantine -> Mongols -> Ottomans

That area has been locked in war and conquest for pretty much all of human history.

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Re:Why the Arabic world turned away from science (2011) by Anthony-G on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:30PM (#24734648)
Shouldn’t Persian (Achaemenid) follow the Babylonians and precede the Macedonian empire?

In 334 B.C, he utterly beat the armies of Persia – Steve Harris

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Re:Why the Arabic world turned away from science (2011) by dragontamer on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:45PM (#24734752)
I'm working off of my High School history class from 16 years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if I forgot something (or got something out of order).

I did play some Age of Empires, Civilization, and a few other history games that helped solidify my memory though.

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Re:Why the Arabic world turned away from science (2011) by ncmncm on Friday October 09, 2020 @09:35PM (#24736079)
And the Neo-Assyrians. It's easy to lose track, but they get credit for arcade-supported aqueducts, while Romulus and Remus were still in diapers, to water the Hanging Gardens of ... Nineveh.

But they were known at the time mostly for impaling their enemies.

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Re:Why the Arabic world turned away from science (2011) by mixmastamyk on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:03PM (#24733838)
Well, it is in the "middle."
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