Let these men take him to their hearts in honor and berth him in a ship, and send him home, with gifts of garment, gold, and bronze- so much he had not counted on from troy could he have carried home his share of plunder. his destiny is to see his friends again under his own roof, in his father's country,

This is a quote from an epic poem by Homer, called Odyssey. It is a citation from the Greek god Zeus. Odyssey is a sequel to an Illiad, and these two poems are essential for the development of modern Western canon. It is believed that the poems were written in 8th Century BC. The poem focuses on Odysseus, king of Ithaca and a hero in the siege of Troy and describes his journey home. It took him 10 years to return home. There is a direct relationship between Zeus and Odysseus, which can be seen through Omens, by which Zeus, god of gods and god of thunder is communicating with Odysseus.

the arab empire adopted the muslim religion as their main belief. arabs would influence the people from the territories they invaded towards islam (the muslim belief).

nevertheless, throughout the history of the arab empire, rulers brought intellectual individuals from other religions to their centers of learning. these other foreigners included jews, christians, greeks, persians, and indians.   these resulted in the adoption of important knowledge developed by these cultures by the arabic empire. for example, the works of aristotle were translated from greek to arab and indian scientists brought the numerical concept of "zero" to the arabs.

nowadays, 93% of the arab population is muslim, which at the same time is subdivided in sects including the sunni, zaini, alawi, shia. the remaining 7% is composed mainly of christians.