A BBC documentary outlining how Islamic culture sparked the European renaissance and modern European culture.

In our post-cold war times, where Muslims are the new villains and scapegoats, and the Islamic world the new favorite shadow projection object, it may be good to remember what we owe Islamic culture.

The most obvious example is the role of the Islamic world in the birth of modern Western culture: the Renaissance, which would not have been what it was (or may not have been at all) if it wasn’t for the Islamic Golden Age, and their preservation, enriching and transmission of elements from a wide range of ancient cultures, including the Greek and Roman.

An excellent documentary about the Moors in Spain, and the depth and richness of influence from Arabic culture to European in the late middle ages and the early Renaissance.