Civilization: Is the West History episode 2
Civilization: Is the West History episode 2: In 1683 the Ottoman army laid siege to Vienna, the capital of Europe’s most powerful empire. Domination of East over West was an alarmingly plausible scenario. But Islam was defeated: not so much by firepower as by science. Niall Ferguson asks why the Islamic world didn’t participate in the Scientific Revolution and the […]
Civilization: Is the West History episode 2 Read More »
