HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Constantinople
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Timbuktu
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Morocco
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Cairo
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sankore Mosque and University is the oldest continuously-operating institution of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is believed that the mosque and university were erected in the 1100s C.E. (Twelfth Century) by Berbers who settled in the Timbuktu region of modern-day Mali.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Timbuktu was occupied in 1591 following the Battle of Tondibi, the university went into decline and the quality of teaching in the Timbuktu mosques waned along with it. Soon after, scholars of Timbuktu emigrated to other learning centers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sankoré, the famous medieval mosque-university at Timbuktu (in present day Mali) was set up around the twelfth century; and teaching was based on Arabic scholarship and Islamic values. More sophisticated methods of adjudication and political administration, were also established.
Detailed explanation-4: -Timbuktu, one of the world’s first and oldest university.