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Old 07-16-2006, 05:51 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Yes you're right, Arabic was the language of science in the meditteranean, and other nations would send students to the Arabic schools, so many new scientific words in Arabic were used by students who studied in Arabic country in the 8-14 centuries ...
Also when Muslims conquered other places they left a strong influence of language and religion.
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