Yes, it was a historical force, but not of the magnitude you are trying to present here. If it was such a historical force you would not be writing this as an immigrant.
Me being an immigrant and Islam being a historical force are just two statements of facts. They have nothing to relate, dumbo
As I said, Islam is not a 'state' or anything 'physical'....
And regarding magnitude.....show me another socio-political-religious-cultural force in history that is/was a "global" force like Islam, which literally exists in every single corner of the globe..and which expanded to such extent just within 1400 years of its inception...Not to mention its tremendous influence on history..whether negative or positive. Heck, even the modern rise of West is related, directly and indirectly, to Islam, its expansion, its intellectual development/preservation of knowledge, its transfer of different ideas to West, and its empires etc..
You yourself accepted how Ottoman's domination caused Europeans to explore in order to go around Ottomans...and that exploration led to discovery of Americas.
Only Christianity might come close in influence, but Christianity is just a religion not a comprehensive ideological force like Islam...Anyways...
lol, you showed nothing kid. Only a litography picture while i quoted you Oxford university published material. Your weakness is evident in the fact you think Roman's didn't have golden embroidered textiles and similar.
Showed just a picture? Other than being a retard, you must be blind as well...
I showed you how Mughal Empire was way wealthier than Roman empire..
Here,
Mughal Empire at its height had more than 170 million people (almost 1/4th of total humanity!) and a GDP of approximately $ 90 billion! i.e about
4 times larger than Roman Empire at its peak! and remember, this is pre-industrial era...not like later where the GDPs just sky-rocketed due to industrialization...
The Mughal Empire. The New Cambridge history of India: 1.5. I. The Mughals and their Contemporaries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1, 190.
As I said, the wealth of Mughals is so well known that even Western documentaries talk about it. Watch "The Warrior Empire: The Mughals" on youtube...
But then again, you're stupid. There's also a problem of no reputable sources that will say Chinese or any other empire was so far ahead of dumb westerners in Rome that you claim.
I never claimed romans to be dumb or anything...I just made the comment that Han Chinese made significant contributions of humanity along with Romans at the same time.
I don't deny credit where its due, unlike your delusional a$$...
Who cares about a few hundred square kilometers of barren desert. Ummayad's left nothing of value, Romans left their footprint in arts, literature, law, war technology, civilian engineering etc etc etc....Then again Ummayad's lasted a mere 400 years..!
See, you don't know jack and talk through your arse...a typical western behavior...
First thing, Ummayads were taken over by another Arab dynasty called Abbasids..so Ummayad didn't last for 500 years...but anyways..
Ummayad-Abbasid left nothing of value? You are the biggest loud mouth ignorant I've ever seen when it comes to history...
Also, Ummayad Empire didn't have bunch of barren desert. They held Persia, Syria, Egypt, Spain, Indian lands etc...They held 30% of global population and extended over three continents....and were much, much larger than Roman empire ever was...
Arab civilization of Ummayad-Abbasid was undoubtedly the most dominant culture of planet for 500 years (750AD-1250AD) ...It laid the foundations of global spread of science, culture, and technology. Knowledge from China, India, Greek, Egypt, Persia, Arabia etc was brought at one place and spread around to different continents in such large scale for the first time in human history. Arabic-Indian numerical system, which forms the basis of modern mathematics, was formed/spread in this era, understanding of human vision was discovered in this era, Modern Algebra arose in this era, experimental sciences were invented in this era, experimental chemistry literally transformed our approach to sciences, thanks to this era...and not to mention what influence Arabic rule of Spain had on West...Not to mention the rise of the very sophisticated financial and commercial network across continents...the modern day concept of "Cheque" also comes from this era. In 10th century, a 'sakk' (the word which became cheque later) could be issued in country/state A, and could be cashed in country/state B..something never happened before in history. Abbasids left their footprint in sciences, maths, exploration, trade, law, military...Guess what? Abbasids influenced even other powers like Ghoris, which conquered India and formed their rule over northern Indian subcontinent by capturing Delhi. Abbasids provided them with damascus steel, and other support..hence Abbasid influenced matters way beyond just their geography in a significant way...something, Romans couldn't do to that extent. Not to mention Abbasids also laid the foundations of 'global' trade of that era...Abbasids regularly traded with Europeans, Indians, and even East Asians...their commercial and trade network covered all of the known world...Thousands of Abbasid Coins have been found in Sweden, Denmark, and as far as even Finland!!!!
According to estimates, hundreds of millions of Islamic coins and hoards were imported to as far as Sweden, Denmark, and Finland etc etc...This was the magnitude of global trade network that Abbasids established in the known world...
http://www.academia.edu/1722281/Islamic_Coin_Hoards_and_the_Trade_Routes_How_Dirham_Reached_the_North
How many thousands of 'roman' coins are found in Japan etc? lol...
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Look, both West and East have made significant contributions to humanity...Sometime, Eastern Civilizations were more dominant and vice versa.
Making claims that West is some how inherently superior to others or that West has remained more superior to East historically is just plain dumb and has no proofs to back it up....
West lead the world in past 300 years? Yes. But thats it. It did not remain ahead historically however.
More number of dominating civilizations have arose in East than they have arose in West. A simple fact.