What do the words algebra, alkali, alcohol, astrolabe, naphtha, and zircon have in common? These are all English words derived from Arabic and Persian words that hearken back to 700-1150 A.D., when the center of scientific learning was unquestionably the Mideast.
Je, maneno kama aljebra, alkali, pombe, astrolabe, naphtha, na zircon kitu gani kinachoyapatanisha hasa? Maneno haya yote ni ya Kiingereza yaliyotoholewa kutoka katika Kiarabu na maneno ya Kiajemi yanayoturudisha nyuma kwenye miaka ya 700-1150 BK, wakati kituo cha kujifunza Sayansi bila shaka kilikuwa Mashariki ya Kati.