long before mohammed and his sword culture arrived in arabia, india, persia, the "pagan" arabians, the greeks had very harmonious interaction on both business and cultural fronts. islam never did anything new, islam never created any new philosophy except that murder,rape and loot in the name of moon god allah (by the way allah was the main god of mecca thousand years before the great person mohammed arrived) are all very holy, pious and merciful acts.