Akvod on 31 May 2009
| Rath said: Whats really sad is that for a long time the Middle Eastern world was so far more progressed than the West... |
Golden Age of Islam.
I have very limited knowledge about history, but am I correct when I say this:
Middle East thrived due to liberalism, in terms of science and art. While Europe was stuck in the Dark Ages.
Europe attacked the Eastern borders of the Middle East/Africa, Mongols came through the Middle East. As a result, Europe brought back the knowledge cultivated in the Middle East, and after other circumstances was brought out into the Renaissance. Meanwhile the Middle East became extremely protectionist, conservative, and religious, and stagnated.
The US was attacked in 9/11, and became protectionist, conservative, religious, and wanted to follow the same path as enemies such as Iran.
