Posted on 02/02/2011 2:50:25 PM PST by madison10
I come across their claims on ME forums - they have a habit of claiming everything...
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=moz35&va=mosaic+tiles+and+arabic+tiles
Perhaps you mean Arabic design?
Ah, thanks. I didn’t read carefully.
That’s ridiculous. They’ve got a solid claim on preserving, copying and transmitting knowledge, although they also improved some of it, but not mosaics.
BTW Arabesque is a geometric form of Islamic art.
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabesque
Sorry, was in a hurry. I spent a few years post 9-11 debating on ME forums. I met Muslims/Coptics/Armenians/Assyrians etc., from all over. They have a whole other history thereagain so do we...:) The Turks are the worst!
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