Actually I think the Mongol hordes has a better claim to uniting the Eurasian landmass and they certainly were not Islamic. |
I said the
first civilization to unite the
Afro-Eurasian landmass for trade. The mongols merely collected a small tax over many lands, many of which were Islamic and have remained Islamic, while Mongolia has fallen - it exists as an independent nation only because Russia and China didn't want to fight over it and agreed on a neutral compromise.
Then why did the science and technology, capitalism, industrialization, develop as they did in Western civilization and not in the Islamic world? |
Because the West wasn't a liberal democracy back then?
Ever consider that it might be the religion itself which retards the economic growth of Islamic countries? |
There's no evidence of that, while I've presented many arguments on why religion is beneficial.
A noob might frag an experienced Quake player every so often, but over the course of a lengthy death-match the better player will prevail.