One Thousand and One Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World
- ISBN-10
- 0955242606
- ISBN-13
- 9780955242601
- Category
- Civilization, Islamic
- Pages
- 364
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Author
- Elizabeth Woodcock
Description
"Medieval Muslims were trailblazers in fields as diverse as medicine and mechanics, cartography and chemistry, education and engineering, architecture and astronomy"--Book jacket.
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