English as a Lingua Franca of Science in Morocco

Abstract

EXTRACT: During the Golden Age of Arabic-Islamic science (8th to 13th centuries C.E.), and due to the Islamic extension in the world, where a large part of the earth, from southern Europe throughout North Africa to Central Asia and on to India, was controlled by and/or influenced by the new Arabic-Muslim Empire, the Arabic science translations from Greek, Latin, and Chinese into Arabic were necessary, which made Arabic as the only language of science in Africa, Asia, and Europe during that age. Between the 15th and 17th centuries, Latin took this strategic role, ...