@dwarkesh_sp This is not a revelation. Spencer Wells wrote about this in his excellent book, The Journey of Man The Journey of Man https://t.co/0lcydD892x
@Lovandfear Actually, Arabic numerals are Indian. They’re attributed to the Arabs due to the Islamic Conquest of the Indian Subcontinent beginning in AD 711.
@SimonTuffen@peterboghossian Oftentimes, just brandishing a firearm is enough to deter criminals. But these encounters aren’t really tracked, so it’s difficult to say.
They’re allowed to eat pork if it prevents them starving to death. I would bet this treatment would be interpreted similarly. During the 3rdCrusade, Muslim warriors shaved their beards and put pigs on the decks of their ships to fool Crusader patrols into letting them through a blockade around besieged Acre.