As for the conflict between the US and Arab states, there were also mitigating factors. Islamic and Christian civilizations share common historical and cultural roots; Islamic sciences (astronomy, math, the calendar) had a profound impact in Europe; and the Justinian Code and Greek Bible, from Asia Minor, had far-reaching influence on law and religion in the West.
至於美國與中東阿拉伯國家之間的矛盾，由於回教文明和基督教文明在歷史上有其共同的淵源，在天文學、數學、曆法，回教國家對歐美曾有重大的影響，在小亞細亞出土的查士丁尼法典與希臘文版聖經對歐洲的法律與宗教生活影響至鉅。