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如果说两三千年前巴比伦、印度和埃及等东方文明古国对西方的贡献多少有些模糊不清的话(《黑色雅典娜》的作者贝尔纳对十七世纪以降由西方中心主义所导致的这个结果颇为不满),那么,一千多年前阿拉伯人送来的文化礼物应该是人们记忆犹新的。但事实上,迄今为止,西方人对此常常讳莫如深或轻描淡写。虽说西罗马帝国坍塌后留下的真空使阿拉伯人几乎没有遭遇抵抗就长驱直入占领了伊比利亚半岛,但伍麦叶和阿拔斯王朝的臣子们并没有像西方人掠夺东方那样穷凶极恶。他们奉行的多为送去主义,而在他们送去的东方文明成果中,
If two or three thousand years ago Babylon, India and Egypt and other ancient civilizations of the East were somewhat vague about their contribution to the West (“Black Athena” author Bernard Bernard on the 17th century to reduce by Western-centrism caused quite a result Dissatisfied), then the cultural gifts sent by Arabs over a thousand years ago should be remembered by people. But in fact, so far, Westerners are often kept secret or understatement. Although the vacuum left after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire forced the Arabs to march into the Iberian Peninsula with little or no resistance, the vassals of Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties did not behave as viciously as Westerners plundered the East. Mostly they pursue the sending doctrine, and in the results of the oriental civilization they sent,