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Re: What we can do... (my 2 cents)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 29 Sep 2001 01:56:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva writes:
> Examples of Arab influence are all but scarce around here. And I'd even risk
> saying that the New World was colonized by europeans thanks to an arab
> invention: the lateen sail, said so because of the use the Southern European
> nations made of it. And it is arguable that England or France would send
> expeditions due West if Spain and Portugal hadn't done it first...
Actually, this made me think of one other thing: Spanish
colonial policy. It's been pretty well proven (by Patricia
Seed, if memory serves) that the Spanish tried very hard to
emulate the government of the Caliphates in their dealings
with the Nahua. I'm not sure if it was really conscious or
if it was just the only system they knew, but the parallels
are really striking and apparently account for most of the
major differences between Iberian colonial policy and its
French, Dutch, and English counterparts (especially as
regards the hybridization of cultures and ethnicities).
best
LFB
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| (...) Agree. I would suggest that the Arab influence on western culture is best noted in Iberian cultures (Spain and Portugal), since the Arab presence on the Peninsula lasted some 781 years. In fact, it ended shortly before Columbus reached America (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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