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原理﹐在科学﹑医学﹑%/光$/(学﹑天文学﹑哲学﹑法学领域中遥_遥领先全世界一千多年。Amazon.comIslam:EmpireofFaithistheepicPBSdocumentarythatchartsthehistoryofIslamfromitsbeginningsinMeccaandMedinaintheseventhcenturytothegloryoftheOttomanEmpire1,000yearslater.ThedemonizationofIslambytheWesthasalonghistory,stretchingbacktotheFirstCrusadeattheendofthe11thcentury.ThisdocumentaryredressesthebalancebyshowingtherichesofIslamiccultureandthevitalroleplayedbyIslaminpreservingandbuildinguponancientwisdomfromEastandWestatatimewhenmostofEuropewasstumblingthroughtheDarkAges.Muslimphysicians,mathematicians,andastronomersstretchedtheboundariesofhumanknowledge,andMuslimarchitectscreatedsomeofthemostbeautifulbuildingsintheworld.Islamalsooffersfascinatinginsightsintokeypersonalities,fromMuhammadhimself--asimplemerchantwhosevisionofasingledeityforgedwarringtribesintoanation--togreatconquerorssuchasMehmedandSuleyman,whopresidedoveranempirethatstretchedfromSpaintoIndia.Thefaithitselfisclearlyexplained,andinterviewswithhistoriansandreligiousscholarsbringhomebothitssimplicityandthewaythatitsurvivedhugeculturalchanges(liketheMongolinvasionsofthe13thcentury)toemergestrongerthanever.IslamhasoftenbeenmisunderstoodintheWest,butthissplendiddocumentaryhelpstosettherecordstraight.--SimonLeake