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Muslim countries helped facilitate trade between Asia and Europe.  Muslims also transmitted Indian mathematical discoveries to western Europe and Muslims established universities when much of western Europe was declining.  Islamic learning included the works of [[Ibn Sina]] (980-1037 A.D.) who wrote “Canon of the Medicine,” a book describing many infectious diseases and their causes, during the Golden Age of Islam.  Islamic architecture, as represented in mosques, is strikingly beautiful.  Islamic religion strictly prohibits artists from depicting the human form, which contributes to the distinguishing geometric characteristics of Muslim architecture.  [[Omar Khayyam]] lived in Persia, was tutored by a sheik, was probably Islamic, and was brilliant in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and especially literature, writing a famous collection of poems entitled the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Muslim countries helped facilitate trade between Asia and Europe.  Muslims also transmitted Indian mathematical discoveries to western Europe and Muslims established universities when much of western Europe was declining.  Islamic learning included the works of [[Ibn Sina]] (980-1037 A.D.) who wrote “Canon of the Medicine,” a book describing many infectious diseases and their causes, during the Golden Age of Islam.  Islamic architecture, as represented in mosques, is strikingly beautiful.  Islamic religion strictly prohibits artists from depicting the human form, which contributes to the distinguishing geometric characteristics of Muslim architecture.  [[Omar Khayyam]] lived in Persia, was tutored by a sheik, was probably Islamic, and was brilliant in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and especially literature, writing a famous collection of poems entitled the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Islamic values are typically more conservative on matters of morality than many countries that are traditionally Christian.  The Arabic language originally came from [[Hebrew]] and has spread with Islam to be the language of nearly 200 million persons today, and has given many words to the English language.  Examples include “[[algebra]]”, “cipher”, “coffee” and “sugar”.

Islamic values are typically more conservative on matters of morality than many countries that are traditionally Christian.  The Arabic language is closely related to [[Hebrew]] as both belong to the Semitic group of languages. It spread with Islam to be the language of nearly 200 million persons today, and has given many words to the English language.  Examples include “[[algebra]]”, “cipher”, “coffee” and “sugar”.

==Russians, Slavs and Turks==

==Russians, Slavs and Turks==