The below essay is a summary of my experience in both the Modern Middle East Class and volunteering at the 1001 Inventions exhibit in the Michigan Science Center. This experience was both insightful and inspiring. The class itself focused on the impacts of the Ottoman Empire between the 15th-20th century, shedding light on its rise and fall as well as its achievements and failures. The empire was a muslim empire that lasted over 500 years and was once the most empire in the world. The exhibit taught me that the successes of these empires has been a recurrant incident with advancements in all fields of life. The Ottoman Empire as discussed in class was successful for an extend period in affairs concerning politics, military, and economy. The Muslim Empire of the 10th century, the primary historical time period featured in the 1001 Inventions exhibit, was leading in its advancements in the science, mathematics, theology, medicine, linguistics, and many more fields. These successes were not foreign concepts to neither the 10th Century Muslim empire of the Ottoman. My time as a volunteer and student in the Modern Middle East class in the exhibit was pivotal to my understanding of the impact of the former Muslim civilizations as it provided me with information I had never expected or even considered learning about, while at the same time teaching other visitors about this new and ill-explored topic.