NONZERO
an attempt to recast history in the light of accumulations of 'non-zero-sumness' which provide an underlying logic to huamn, and biological development.
chapter12; the inscrutable orient
following the refocusing of the eurocentrisism in western historical accounts, and summarising the major advances in the orient (predominantly moors/islam/persia, pre ming china/mongols)
rise of islam in 'middle-ages'eV.
development of captalist practices, banking, capital-pooling, trade etc+. Hanafite school aprox. 7-800eV
algorithm / algebra → 'al jabr' from al-Khwarizmi