03-28-2006, 12:35 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Mar 27 2006, 09:44 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Mar 27 2006, 09:44 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->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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Known and widely accepted history teaches that the circumference of the Earth was calculated by the Greek Eratosthenes, around the year 240 B.C. Number system came from India (400 BCE) and Arabic numerals are only known to as "Arabic" just because they came to the Europe through Middle East. Romans too are known for building aquaducts (sp?) etc...
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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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1st filter: How many were invented before 7th century AD? Pre-Islamic Arab inventions don't count <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->. Known and widely accepted history teaches that the circumference of the Earth was calculated by the Greek Eratosthenes, around the year 240 B.C. Number system came from India (400 BCE) and Arabic numerals are only known to as "Arabic" just because they came to the Europe through Middle East. Romans too are known for building aquaducts (sp?) etc...
Is this Christian Internet? Wot? Not an Islamic one? <!--emo&
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