Download or read book The Muslim Discovery of Europe written by Bernard Lewis and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1982 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Muslim world of the 11th century was a great civilization, a center of art and science stretching from Spain to the Middle East, while Europe lay slumbering in the Dark Ages. The two worlds knew little of one another. Slowly, inevitably, however, Europe and Islam came together through trade and war, crusade and diplomacy. The Muslims began to take note of the Europeans and to write about them, to acquire information on languages, science, government, religion, economics.