Although Europeans of the Middle Ages used Islamic treatises on medicine, geography, mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, they were not familiar with the original literary works of the Muslim world.
Category: Muslim literature
The cultural flowering of Islam began at a time when Europe, with the exception of the Byzantine Empire, was in a state of decay-the Dark Ages.
Periods of Islamic literature
The Islamic Empire was ruled by three caliphates: Patriarchal (632-661), Umayyad (661-750) and Abbasid (750-1258).