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1、阿拉伯人对世界文化的贡献（Thecontributionofarabstoworldculture）Thecontributionofthearabstotheworldcultureissummarizedmainlyasfollows:First,preserveanddisseminateancientculture.ManyGreekandRomanclassicsweredestroyedinthelongunrestthatfollowedthecollapseofthewesternRomanempire,andsomeofthemspreadtotheArabempiret
2、hroughtheByzantineempire.TheArabscholarsstudiedthemcarefullyandtranslatedmanyancientworksintoArabic.WesterneuropeanswerelaterreacquaintedwiththeGreekandRomanculturalachievementsthroughtheArabictranslation.Second,arabshavetraveledtoAsia,EuropeandAfrica,andbecomethemediumofculturalcommunicationbetwe
3、entheeastandthewest.TheyintroducedtheachievementsofancientIndiaandChineseculturetothewest.AndspreadArabscientificachievementsandIslamtotheeast.Third,thearabsnotonlygoodatabsorbothercultures,butalsobedeveloped,onthebasisofthestudyinmathematics,astronomy,medicine,physics,chemistry,architecture,liter
4、ature,etc.,havemadegreatachievements.thearabstoAristotle'smajorbookstranslatedintoArabic,mainlysuchas"physics","ethics","tooltheory"andsoon,alsotranslationofPlato'srepublic,mathematicianEuclid(4to3beforetheturnofthecenturyBC)"geometryoriginally",aswellasArchimedes(before287-212),andotherpeople'sw
5、orkTheestablishmentoftheArabempireandtheriseofArabcultureMuhammadestablishedatheocracyinmedinaafterhefoundedIslamin610AD.ThecountryexpandedoutwardandsoonconqueredtherestoftheArabianpeninsula.Bythetimemuhammaddiedin623,thewholepeninsulahadbeenalmostunified.Mohammed'ssuccessorbeganexpandingbeyondthe
6、peninsulain634,conqueringSyria,Palestine,IranandEgypt.OneoftheArabtribes,Japan'sJapan,hasestablishedthe"bonoah"caliphateinDamascus(thetangandlaterhistoryofChinaisknownas"thegreatwhitefood").TheJapancaliphatewasaculturallyrelativelyopendynasty,acceptingtheGreekculturefromthebeginning.Theyrecruitedm
7、anyscientiststoDamascusandsetupanobservatorytherein700AD.In749AD,devoutMuslimcolophon,ocaliphdynasty(referredtoas"blackfood"Chinesehistory)willhaveHellenizationumayyadcaliphatedynastyinstead,basedinBaghdad.Theyac
