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Anyway, if what JJ posted was true, my Prof wasn't right. He said that Muslims discovered America, not Arabs/Semetic peoples :P

How is it pre islam?? Assuming you're talking about the discovery of America

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I just traced the main sources of both stories. the first was a Byzantine historian called Doukas. The second story was Chalcondyles, an orthodox Greek.

@Alen, Since your specialization was the Byzantine empire, i'm sure you'd be a more than familiar with the story of the man in my avatar's siege on Constantinople and the subsequent fall of the Byzantine empire. There have been some recorded accounts from a few Historians about El-Fatih's...

You didn't specialize in a specific time period/era in college, did you? You're currently studying law? As in, you're going for another bachelors degree? Why did you do that? if you don't mind me asking Yes the first one means a type of strong wind. The second word means "seasonal" If...

What is with these Internet abbreviations, what does MTE mean? Bunch of lazy fucks

Well thats lazy. I summarized a 13 page paper!!

Sounds the most likely scenario, if reports are true, the Vikings supposedly reached America in the tenth century, which is a century before the time the Muslims supposedly got there.

What?

Sucks that i spent almost two hours reading and translating the text carefully and i don't get any counter arguments :tdown:

Interesting. Do you know what Osman's specialization is? Exactly :D

Yes.

What kind of history are you specialized in? What time period? Are you familiar with Ummiyad and Abbasid dynasties history? PS: This thread isn't necessarily about the discovery of America. It could be anything that relates to History. Any controversial and much debated topic would be welcome.

Osman too. I'm not sure, but I think Seven also studied History. That would make it a 2:1 ratio of Atheist to Muslim historians here. Not cool.

Thanks for your feedback :shifty:

Ok, so that we stop spamming the "Post Your Picture" thread, i thought why not have a thread for History. We have quite a few Historians here that can help answer our questions and straighten out any loose ends. So First on the menu Did the Muslims discover America? I read the...