How Muslim Art Challenges The Dark Ages Myth

Along with Christianity, the Dark Ages saw the emergence of another religion - Islam. After emerging in the Near East, it spread across North Africa and into Europe in such a short time that there was originally no art. In more settled times, highly decorated mosques began to be built based on the prophet Mohammad's own home. Their architectural and scientific achievements, including the mapping of the stars, dwarfed anything existing in the western world.

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