2. Look for a line of Arabic text and copy it here. Don't forget to write from left to right!

Trade
(MIDDLE OF 6TH FLOOR)

The Arabs were excellent merchants carrying silks, perfumes, spices, precious stones and metals, slaves, carpets , ceramics and other goods across deserts and seas.

4. Look at the sets of scales. What do you think they were used to measure?

5. Name five sciences the Arabs were good at? (Look at the text in French)

6. Name five civilisations from whom the Arabs learnt their science. (Look at the text in French)

8. What did the navigator look through at point 'B'?

Scientific Knowledge continued

The art of Arab carpet-making goes back to antiquity, long before the Islamic period. Traditionally it was the most important object in the tent, house or palace. There are over 20 different Arabic words for carpet : prayer-carpet, decorative-carpet, wall-carpet, floor-carpet, striped-carpet, flowered-carpet, etc.

Carpets have a religious importance: a prayer-mat is necessary five times a day to say prayers, pointing towards Mecca. In the Koran, references to carpets are almost always related to Paradise.

13. Who made tribal carpets? (Look at the text in French)

16. Look at a prayer-mat and draw the design here.