"<span>(c) Other issues, such as Indian Wars, western expansion, and others started to overtake Northerners' attention" was not an issue because most expansion had already occurred.</span>
As a matter of fact Muslim countries then considered Europe to be chaotic, unorganized and backward. That’s why the period before the 1100s was called the “Dark Ages” in Christian Europe as the Europeans failed to benefit from Muslims’ scientific discoveries.
A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course
