1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
The Library of Secrets and “The Dark Ages”
A group of young school children take a field trip to visit a dusty old library after their teacher challenges them to research the era known as “The Dark Ages” and find its relevance to present day civilisation, a chore they resent until they meet a mysterious librarian (“Sir Ben Kingsley” in the role of “The Librarian”) who takes them on a journey to the past revealing a thousand years of scientific and cultural excellence that took place in the Muslim world between the 7th and 17th century.
What they find changes their world view dramatically as ingenious inventors and pioneers of science and culture are vividly brought to life.