Find out about some of the inventions from The House of Wisdom by watching this short film.
Find out more about the House of Wisdom by watching this short video clip - this clip accompanies Lesson 2.
Watch this clip carefully to find out about Al-Jazari's Elephant Clock which show you how it worked.
Learn a little bit about what life was like in Baghdad in AD 900 with Ali and help him to solve a riddle.
An ancient Islamic nomad is giving up his camel-hair tent and has designed his own 'forever' family home to settle in Baghdad.
This cooking show parody introduces children to early Islamic food. A-Razi prepares goat stew Ahmed makes a fish dish drink and Aisha uses traditional flavours to enhance her lamb stew!
Through this popular reality TV parody, gain an insight into early Islamic inventions. This clip is a little like Dragon's Den BUT the inventions shown are all from the Golden Age.
Watch this short film from '1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham'. Ibn Al-Haytham was a famous mathematician, astronomer and physicist and is referred to as the 'father of modern optics'.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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