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The invaders from the desert brought with them no tradition of learning, no heritage of culture, to the lands they conquered. In Syria, in Egypt, in al-‘Irāq, in Persia, they sat as pupils at the feet of the peoples they subdued. And what acquisitive pupils they proved to be!
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Hitti, P.K. (1970). Intellectual Aspects of Life under the Umayyads. In: History of the Arabs. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15402-9_21
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