Flames of Arabia / Western Arabic Numerals & Letters
History: Arabic is spoken by more than 280 million people around the world as a first language and by 250 million more as a second language. Most native speakers live in the Middle East and North Africa. "Arab" is defined independently of religious identity, and pre-dates the rise of Islam, with historically attested Arab Christian kingdoms and Arab Jews. During the Middle Ages, Arabic was a major vehicle of culture in Europe, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy. As a result, many European languages have borrowed numerous words from it. This painting is dedicated to Arabic mathematicians & scientists of the 9th & 10th century for their developments in Algebra (Al-Jabr="reunion" in Arabic) and the subsequent passage of the western Arabic Numeral system to Europe, and the rest of the world.
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