>>18096932
The fathers of algebra were Near Eastern Semites or Indians. Persians just exported more of it to the Arab world.
>>18096940
90% of Americans probably can't even point to their capital city. It's a major part of their school curriculum.
If it's not the Ottomans, it's the Safavids. If it's not the Safavids, it's the Timurids. Amerimutts do their very best to shine a heroic light on some of the most murderous psychotic empires in history but they gloss over Umayyads and Abbasids.