Product Description : 1001 Inventions and Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization: Official Children's Companion to the 1001 Inventions Exhibition (National Geographic Kids) 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 littleknown history but also shows how it still applies to our world today ( it is an used product)