They, therefore, set about with a concerted effort to translate the philosophical and scientific works available to them, not only from the Greek and Syrian languages (the languages of eastern Christian scholars), but also from Pahlavi, the scholarly language of pre-Islamic Persia, and even from Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language. ... Western View of Islam in the Middle Ages. ...

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E Pluribus Unum "When an Iowan buys a Pontiac from General Motors, 60% of his money goes to South Korea, Japan, West Germany, Taiwan, Singapore, Britain, and Barbados".(Iyer, BR p. 306) In our world today, we exchange language, goods, values, and people. This idea of the increasingly diversified...

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The highly demanded spices and teas were brought to the Middle East and even Europe. ... Arabian sailors set up small urban centers on the eastern coast of Africa, to trade ivory and gold with the Middle East, India and China. ...

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