ibn Rushd – Medieval Islamic Science
Ibn Rushd prayed and studied in this Cordoba mosque Can science and religion work together? Since the time of Socrates - or before - many people have tried to figure out [...]
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Madrassa – Islamic colleges
Shirij Madrassa, Fez, Morocco, about 1350 AD Who went to a madrassa? If you had done well at your maktab (elementary school), your parents might decide to send you on to a [...]
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Guide for the Perplexed – Maimonides
Maimonides studied in this Cordoba synagogue in Spain (1315 AD, rebuilt from Maimonides' time) What did Maimonides study? When Maimonides was a child, in the 1100s AD, he studied Jewish religious law in the Cordoba synagogue, [...]
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Marinids – Medieval African history
Shirij Madrasa, Fez, Morocco, about 1350 AD - built by the Marinids When did the Marinids get power? By 1217 AD, the Almohad dynasty in North Africa and Spain was collapsing. One [...]
