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.