1001 Inventions & Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization - 1,000 Facts About

We often think that people from a thouand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from the 7th century onward in Muslim civilisation there were amazing advances and inventions that still influence our everyday lives.People living in the Muslim world saw what the Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, Greek and Romans had discovered and spent the next one thousand years adding new developments and ideas. Inventors created marvels like the elephant water clock, explorers drew detailed maps of the world, women made scientific breakthroughs and founded universities, architects built huge domes larger than anywhere else on earth. astronomers mapped the stars and so mucn more! This book takes the winning formula of facts, photos and fun, and it applies it to this companion book to the 1001 inventions exhibit from the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation. Each page is packed with information on this little-known history, but also shows how it still applies to our world today.

ISBN:	9781426312588
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:	National Geographic Kids
Published date:	10 Jan 2013
DEWEY:	909.09767
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	96
Weight:	710g
Height:	305mm
Width:	237mm
Spine width:	12mm

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