quadtard wrote:
I was reffering mainly to the arab world, not the turks who arent a different ethnic group altogether. Just didnt think to put it in there.
The "Arab world" which conquered all of North Africa and most of Spain, invented calculus, and set down some basic ground rules for treating women merely as inferiors to be protected rather than objects for babymaking (as in Europe) sure sounds backwards to me. They're behind now, no one can deny that. But your grasp on medieval history is lacking.
In other news, I too hate those giant sunglasses. I also hate duckface.
Im talking more about post renaisance, not pre crusades which was the arabs world golden age. at that point they were unquestionably ahead of europe in all aspects.