1970 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Intellectual Aspects of Life under the Umayyads
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History of the Arabs
The invaders from the desert brought with them no tradition of learning, no heritage of culture, to the lands they conquered. In Syria, in Egypt, in al-‘Irāq, in Persia, they sat as pupils at the feet of the peoples they subdued. And what acquisitive pupils they proved to be!