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**tgs** · 06-09-2012, 05:52 AM

Sri. Biswa, Greetings.

I did not talk about the contents of Alexandria library. It would have contained amoung other languages, Arabic and Sanskrit too. I mentioned about Nalanda library too. Arabic was flourishing before Muhammad too. Persian literature was great too from what the Iranians say. Where ever they set foot after invading various countries, the literature in those countries burned. In Arabia, pre-Islamic literature burned too. That was my point.

Cheers!

Hi Mr Raghy,

Definitely I am not challenging your bigger point. Like the supreme court justices, I am debating on a narrow issue. LOL

I don't think there was any Arabic in the Alexandria library. Arabic dates from the 6th century CE Arabic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia while the library dates to 3rd century BC. It was pre-Roman! And rumored to be burned down by the great Julius Caesar.

What I am trying to say is that Egypt had a Greek identity then (after all Alexandria is named after the most famous Greek). It is only recently that they consider themselves Arabs. Of course originally they had their own culture and language at the time of the pyramids.

BTW, Persians do not consider themselves Arabs, they are fiercely proud of their own heritage. This pan-Arab movement is fairly recent (also coinciding with Al Qaeda). Now even the Pakistanis consider themselves Arab. Well at least they write in the Arabic script.

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tgs Join Date Mar 2007 Age 48 Posts 5,125 Senior Member	Sri. Biswa, Greetings. I did not talk about the contents of Alexandria library. It would have contained amoung other languages, Arabic and Sanskrit too. I mentioned about Nalanda library too. Arabic was flourishing before Muhammad too. Persian literature was great too from what the Iranians say. Where ever they set foot after invading various countries, the literature in those countries burned. In Arabia, pre-Islamic literature burned too. That was my point. Cheers! Hi Mr Raghy, Definitely I am not challenging your bigger point. Like the supreme court justices, I am debating on a narrow issue. LOL I don't think there was any Arabic in the Alexandria library. Arabic dates from the 6th century CE Arabic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia while the library dates to 3rd century BC. It was pre-Roman! And rumored to be burned down by the great Julius Caesar. What I am trying to say is that Egypt had a Greek identity then (after all Alexandria is named after the most famous Greek). It is only recently that they consider themselves Arabs. Of course originally they had their own culture and language at the time of the pyramids. BTW, Persians do not consider themselves Arabs, they are fiercely proud of their own heritage. This pan-Arab movement is fairly recent (also coinciding with Al Qaeda). Now even the Pakistanis consider themselves Arab. Well at least they write in the Arabic script.
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