During the period known as the Early Middle Ages, two civilizations were born that were destined to dominate the world: the Islamic and Western civilizations.
Their story begins with the eruption of two hardy and energetic peoples: the Bedouin tribes from the Arabian peninsula and the seafaring Vikings from lands of the far North.
This book, by the London-based Islamic scholar Shaykh Dr. Ridhwan ibn Muhammad Saleem, provides a brief but illuminating overview of the history of the Islamic and Western civilizations
