阿拉伯人曾习惯于靠吃几个枣子节俭度日。当他们获得东罗马帝国的财富，居住在几乎令人难以置信的豪华宫殿中时，他们并未因此就闲居不动。饥饿不再是一个动机，因为只需轻轻一点头，希腊奴隶就会奉上精美佳肴。

阿拉伯人曾习惯于靠吃几个枣子节俭度日。当他们获得东罗马帝国的财富，居住在几乎令人难以置信的豪华宫殿中时，他们并未因此就闲居不动。饥饿不再是一个动机，因为只需轻轻一点头，希腊奴隶就会奉上精美佳肴。

WHEN THE ARABS, WHO HAD BEEN USED TO LIVING SPARINGLY ON A FEW DATES, ACQUIRED THE RICHES OF EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE AND DWELT IN PALACES OF UNBELIEVABLE LUXURY, THEY DID NOT, ON THAT ACCOUNT, BECOME INACTIVE. HUNGER COULD NO LONGER BE A MOTIVE, FOR GREEK SLAVES SUPPLIED THEM WITH EXQUISITE VIANDS AT THE SLIGHTEST NOD.