Spain or Andalus experienced its golden age under Islamic rule. While Europe was in dark ages, Islamic Spain flourished with technology, academics, literature and science centuries ahead of its neighbours. This book by Dr. Omar Ahmed Kassir looks at the rich and forgotten history and heritage of Islam and Islamic rule in Spain.

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Includes bibliographical references.

The advent of Islam in Spain -- The flourishing of Spain under -- Muslim rule -- The administration system -- Education in Muslim Spain -- The Muslim agricultural revolution in Spain -- The architecture of Muslim Spain -- Commerce and industrial progress -- Science and scholarship in Al-Andalus -- Astronomy -- Medicine -- The transfer of Muslim sciences to the west -- The Spanish Inquisition -- The treaty of Grenada, 1492.

"This book is intended as a journey back in time, to a very special period in world history: from the eighth to the fifteenth century in Andalusia (Spain); where an Islamic civilisation shone, and a cultural and intellectual revolution developed. Where there was no separation between rigorous scientific methodology, wisdom and faith. Nor was the East separated from the West; nor a Muslim from a Jew or Christian. It was there that the European Renaissance actually began, and from where it developed."