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25 Nov 02 - 12:27 PM (#834668) Subject: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: GUEST,Saddams lookalike Apart from bolster the American arms industry ..What else ?????? |
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25 Nov 02 - 12:51 PM (#834687) Subject: RE: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: Bert Oil Jobs for Americans Dates And if you want to go back a ways, then a lot of our culture has its roots in Babylon. |
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25 Nov 02 - 12:59 PM (#834692) Subject: RE: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: Little Hawk I have never yet had a date with an Iraqui. |
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25 Nov 02 - 01:17 PM (#834710) Subject: RE: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: NicoleC Also known as Mesopotamia or Sumer, the cradle of civiliation Agriculture Writing, both pictograms and cuneiform The wheel Double-entry accounting and banking systems The concept of privately owned property (vs. owned by the king) King Hammurabi and first ever (known) set of written laws -- an important development, as it made it possible to have a rule of law, instead of just the whim of the ruler. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Literature, incluing the Epic of Gilgamesh Birthplace of Judaism (hence the term "semitic") With the arrival of Islam and it's scholarly traditions, we can thank the entire Arab world for preserving the history and knowledge of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, particularly medicine and philosophy. Much of this work was done in Baghdad, one of the great cities of the Arab world. The scholars in Baghdad did not just preserve and translate the old works, but built upon it. Arab physicians were far more successful at not killing their patients than the European ones, and modern mathematics and algebra were invented. Later European travellers brought this knowledge back to Italy, sparking the great Italian Renaissance by re-introducing knowledge that had been forgotten in Europe. |
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25 Nov 02 - 01:38 PM (#834733) Subject: RE: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: Little Hawk Nice summation there, Nicole! - LH |
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25 Nov 02 - 02:56 PM (#834794) Subject: RE: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: Don Firth Algebra, without which much science could never have happened. Recently, a straw man for GWB to kick around. Don Firth |
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26 Nov 02 - 03:24 PM (#835536) Subject: RE: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: *daylia* About the same as we've done for them - given us the 'mother of all scapegoats'. Also much appreciation for the evolution of the Western musical scale. No offence to one of the oldest civilizations on Earth, but their music sounds like a horde of giant mosquitoes to me ... |
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26 Nov 02 - 03:42 PM (#835540) Subject: RE: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: mack/misophist As long as we're at it, don't forget that a majority of stars have arabic names. Once upon a time the culture was BRILLIANT. |
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26 Nov 02 - 04:30 PM (#835553) Subject: RE: What have the Iraqi's ever done for us ? From: Amos Nicely put, Nicole and Misophist. The realm of ancient Persia is one of the fountains of our civilization; those who ignore it may find themselves repeating it! :>) (Scary thought). A |