> From: Russell Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I don't think it's a coincidence that Muslim countries generally seem to have > advanced about 300 years of our advances in the last 1300 > years or so, > and that's being generous in how the time is scaled... I found it fascinating when I found out how the great advancements of the Muslim world were all a direct result of the Islamic religion. The great advancements in mathematics and algebra and all that were so that people throughout the world could correctly know which direction to pray towards Mecca. I'd always been told that the Muslim world was so much more open towards scientific advancement than Europe during the equivalent time periods. But I guess it was only towards advancement that related to religion. - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
