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Written by Michael H. MorganAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Michael H. Morgan

  • Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
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  • Publisher: National Geographic
  • On Sale: June 17, 2008
  • Price: $15.95
  • ISBN: 978-1-4262-0280-3 (1-4262-0280-6)
Also available as a hardcover.
about this book

Written by an award-winning author and former diplomat with extensive experience in the Muslim world, Lost History is essential reading for any student seeking to understand the major role played by the early Muslim world in influencing modern society.

Michael H. Morgan reveals how early Muslim advancements in science and culture lay the cornerstones of the European Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and modern Western society. As he chronicles the Golden Ages of Islam, beginning in 570 a.d. with the birth of Muhammad, and resonating today, he introduces scholars like Ibn Al-Haytham, Ibn Sina, Al-Tusi, Al-Khwarizmi, and Omar Khayyam, towering figures who revolutionized the mathematics, astronomy, and medicine of their time and paved the way for Newton, Copernicus, and many others. And he reminds us that inspired leaders from Muhammad to Suleiman the Magnificent and beyond championed religious tolerance, encouraged intellectual inquiry, and sponsored artistic, architectural, and literary works that still dazzle us with their brilliance.