They provided the ruling culture of the Roman and Byzantine worlds, the ground out of which Christianity grew and from which Islam drew much of its sustenance.

• 他们还为罗马帝国和拜占庭 (即东罗马帝国)提供了统治文化，为基督教的生长提供了土壤，为伊斯兰教的发展提供了养料。