In the seventh century the Arabs created a new world into which other peoples were drawn. In the nineteenth and twentieth, they were themselves drawn into a new world created in western Europe.

Albert Hourani
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In the seventh century the Arabs created a new world into which other peoples were drawn. In the nineteenth and twentieth, they were themselves drawn into a new world created in western Europe. This quote explains how people from one culture can be drawn into another culture, and how the customs and cultures of other countries can attract people from their own country.

Source: A History Of The Arab Peoples

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