... was a foundation of our history. Writing down events and dates is and was very key, therefore the East could be given credit in this aspect. Along with writing it was the Phoenicians, ancient Lebanese, that had perfected the alphabetic system of writing. Also pottery, and other material objects can from the Near East ... part of the book. For instance to support my point of the going back and forth of rulers, Hitti says, "Thus far we have been dealing with Moslem states rising and falling within the caliphal state, each leaving the state weaker than before. This made it vulnerable to atta...

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