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What was the quality of life like in the "Islamic Golden Age?" What made is so much more advanced/productive/innovative compared to the "Islamic" nations that we have today?

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Movies/TV often depict historical battles as beginning with a calm meeting of leaders where they ride out onto the field of battle to talk prior to the carnage. Did this ever really happen?

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What was the quality of life like in the "Islamic Golden Age?" What made is so much more advanced/productive/innovative compared to the "Islamic" nations that we have today?	192
Movies/TV often depict historical battles as beginning with a calm meeting of leaders where they ride out onto the field of battle to talk prior to the carnage. Did this ever really happen?	1