Pirates me hearties, pirates!

[Occhidiangela]

Hi,
Interesting. Mind elaborating? While I'm aware that the Arabs and Islam were preservers of the classical Greek culture which was 'misplaced' in much of the West, I've always felt that that culture was foreign to the Islamic mindset. That their social norms and mores came more from the traditional behaviors of Arabia, with strong influences from the Middle East and not from the West. But if you have a story to tell of how the classic Greek culture influenced the Arab world, I'd be very interested to learn it.

--Pete

FWIW, the Persians had a hell of a lot more to do with Arab/Islamic world cultural baseline than their imperial rivals of antiquity, the Greeks. They also lasted a bit longer, as an Empire.;) Seems they didn't pose as ripe an offering for the Turks.

The mix of influences on the Islamic world are almost as interesting as the mix of influences on the Christian world.

Occhi