Arabs introduced the cultural achievements of ancient India and China to the west, such as China's papermaking, compass, gunpowder and other major inventions were introduced to Europe; And spread Arab astronomy and medical knowledge to China and other eastern countries.

Arabs have also made many contributions to mathematics. About 77 1 year, an Indian scholar brought a math paper to Baghdad, which contained ten numbers from 0 to 9. Later, this paper was translated into Arabic. Arabs discovered the advantages of Indian numerals and popularized them in the empire.

Subsequently, the Arabs introduced Indian graphics into Europe through Spain and spread them to all countries in the world. This is the Arabic numeral we use. The spread of Arabic numerals has played an important role in the development of mathematics.

In addition to spreading the traditions of ancient science and philosophy, Arabs also absorbed and spread some technologies necessary for further popularizing and developing cultural and academic research.

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Arabs are not only good at absorbing other cultures, but also developing on the basis of learning, and have made great achievements in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, physics, chemistry, architecture, literature, geography and other fields.

Arab scientists pay attention to and respect scholars' experimental research through their own achievements, and confirm the value of this research. Prior to this, experimental research was often intertwined with magic and witchcraft, and was regarded as vulgar and humble by western traditional scholars.

Arab chemists invented and named distillers, distinguished various acids and bases, completed chemical analysis of countless substances, and researched and manufactured hundreds of drugs. The chemistry of Arabic culture also comes from alchemy, and many compounds and new substances have been found in repeated experiments, such as sodium carbonate, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, potassium nitrate and borax. They first described the processes of distillation, filtration and purification.

Generally speaking, most parts of the world are in the era of scientific poverty, and Arabic mathematics has made great achievements. Europeans only know the mathematical achievements of ancient Greece, India and China through the translation of Arab mathematicians, which shows that Arabs have made great contributions to mathematics.