03-27-2006, 04:14 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> he says Muslims changed the face of the world with their "discovery" of coffee and the technology of boiling water (which no one can do without in his daily life), the use of lenses to address defects of the eye, the rules of chess, the invention of soap and techniques for flying, water pumps, quilting techniques, bridge building and the art of construction, which was adopted by ancient Europeans, advanced surgical tools, windmills, inoculations to cure disease, dry ball pens, the numerical system, the principle of eating three meals a day, the manufacture of dyed rugs, the roundness of the earth and the use of gunpowder.
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The first ball pen or ball point pen was invented in 1938 by Ladislo Biro from Hungary.
Gun Powder was invented by Chinese
Many countries claim to have invented the chess game in some incipient form. The most commonly held view is that chess originated in Sindh. As a matter of fact, the Arabic, Persian, Greek and Spanish words for chess, are all derived from the <b>Sanskrit Chaturanga</b>. The present version of chess played throughout the world is ultimately based on a version of Chaturanga that was played in India around the 6th century CE. It is also believed that the Persians created a more modern version of the game after the Indians. One ancient Persian text refers to Shah Ardashir, who ruled from 224â241 CE, as a master of the game.
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The first ball pen or ball point pen was invented in 1938 by Ladislo Biro from Hungary.
Gun Powder was invented by Chinese
Many countries claim to have invented the chess game in some incipient form. The most commonly held view is that chess originated in Sindh. As a matter of fact, the Arabic, Persian, Greek and Spanish words for chess, are all derived from the <b>Sanskrit Chaturanga</b>. The present version of chess played throughout the world is ultimately based on a version of Chaturanga that was played in India around the 6th century CE. It is also believed that the Persians created a more modern version of the game after the Indians. One ancient Persian text refers to Shah Ardashir, who ruled from 224â241 CE, as a master of the game.
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