==== 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 === links === * http://www.nonzero.org/