1001 Inventions and The Library of Secrets - starring Sir Ben Kingsley a...

Over one million people have visited the block buster 1001 Inventions exhibitions and millions have watched our award winning films… Join us and uncover one thousand years of science!
Muslim civilisation stretched from southern Spain as far as China. From the 7th century onwards, scholars of many faiths built on the ancient knowledge of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, making breakthroughs that paved the way for the Renaissance.
The discoveries made by men and women in Muslim civilisation have left their mark on the way we live today. 1001 Inventions uncovers a thousand years of science and technology that had a huge but hidden impact on the modern world.