What is Islam? Who is Muhammad? This documentary is the 2nd in a 3-part series narrated by Ben Kingsley. This part ... all » relates the golden age of Islam. A time of great learning when Europe was steeped in the Dark Ages. The building of great works of architecture, reading, writing, mathematics, medicine, and astronomy. Even before the printing press Muslims would have hundreds of scribes writing all at once so they would learn and reproduce the writings.