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Originally Posted by Trollheart
As Jansz said, civilisation is where man became civilised, not where he originated. Islam had writing and maths as far as I remember reading way before the West did. Their science was streets ahead of ours. Iraq has in fact been referred to many times as literally that: "the cradle of civilsation".
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The problem with saying that the Fertile Crescent is where man became civilized is that it discounts / ignores mounting evidence that civilizations from the Indus River Valley predate Mesopotamia by at least a thousand years. Maybe more. Look up Mehrgarh sometime when you get a chance.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Remember that all I'm doing here is pointing out why Ant's meme does in fact make sense. Whether you agree with it or not, the point is that it does make a good case for Islam having deliberately held back advances. After all, they refuse to allow women to be educated, don't they?
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Exactly.