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*'''begad''': (''Anglo-Irish'') exclamation, euphemism for "by God"
 
*'''begad''': (''Anglo-Irish'') exclamation, euphemism for "by God"
  
*Baghdad''': Capital and largest city of Iraq, on Tigris River, and an ancient caliphate of Turkey-in-Asia in the Tigris-Euphrates region. (Perhaps a reference to the Arabic numeral system used in mathematics)
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*'''Baghdad''': Capital and largest city of Iraq, on Tigris River, and an ancient caliphate of Turkey-in-Asia in the Tigris-Euphrates region.
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**This begins a series of foliations of Middle Eastern civilizations past and present, a remark on the Arabic numeral system used in mathematics as well as the Middle Eastern origins of algebra

Latest revision as of 10:31, 15 August 2016

  • begad: (Anglo-Irish) exclamation, euphemism for "by God"
  • Baghdad: Capital and largest city of Iraq, on Tigris River, and an ancient caliphate of Turkey-in-Asia in the Tigris-Euphrates region.
    • This begins a series of foliations of Middle Eastern civilizations past and present, a remark on the Arabic numeral system used in mathematics as well as the Middle Eastern origins of algebra