National Geographic Kids - 1001 Inventions & Awesome Facts About Muslim Civilisation - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: We often think that people from a thousand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from the 7th century onward in Muslim civilization 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 much more! This book takes the wining formula of facts photos and fun and applies it to this companion book to the 1001 Inventions exhibit from the Foundation for Science Technology and Civilization. Each page is packed with information on this little - known history but also shows how it still applies to our world today.
Title: 1001 Inventions & Awesome Facts About Muslim Civilisation
Author(s): National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Barcode: 9781426312588
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 12/11/2012
Series: 1,000 Facts About
Category: Religion & Beliefs: General Interest (Children's / Teenage)