The answer is Genocide, genocide is the killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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But the foundations of modern science were laid long before this time, and were particularly influenced by Islamic civilization. The Muslims were the leading scholars between the seventh and fifteenth centuries, and were the heirs of the scientific traditions of Greece, India and Persia.