From the 700s to the 1200s, Baghdad was an Intellectual Center unrivaled in the world. It's House of Wisdom studied mathematics, astronomy, medicine, alchemy and chemistry, zoology, and geography.
@Irene I call the English speaking countries the "Anglosphere" family which is a group of countries that speak English and have cultural ties to England and UK, US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are all a part of it, kind of how Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland, and their islands are all part of the Nordics