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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Saladin and the Ayyubid Dynasty
Saladin Saladin started the Ayyubids When the First Crusade defeated the Fatimid Caliphs and captured Jerusalem in 1099 AD, people were very upset. People in Egypt and Syria gradually decided that the Fatimids were too weak to [...]
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Government and Education
Nalanda University, India The first schools were all private schools. Your parents had to pay for you to go there, the way your parents pay for music lessons or dance [...]
