James Buchan - Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has be...

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Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the creeping British annexation of Muslim India, that decline took on a malign aspect.

James Buchan

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Seit der Zerstörung Bagdads durch die Mongolen im Jahr 1258 ist die muslimische Welt im Vergleich zum Westen langsam zurückgegangen. Mit Napoleons Invasion in Ägypten und der schleichenden britischen Annexion des muslimischen Indien nahm dieser Niedergang einen bösartigen Aspekt an.

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