HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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creating mosques
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building palaces
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inventing the compass
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creating schools and libraries
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Detailed explanation-1: -Madrasas (Higher Education) Higher education in Muslim period was imparted through the institution called Madrasas. These Madrasas worked as the international centers of learning. Students from other Muslim countries were attracted to these centers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Islam’s golden age in science, technology and intellectual culture spanned about 500 years, from the ninth until the 14th centuries. Muslim achievements in these areas greatly influenced the European Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries, as well as the birth of modern scientific method in the 17th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main institutions for teaching and learning during the period of Muslim rule in India were Maktabs, Madrasas, Khanqahs, Dargahs and Karkhanas. Maktab is a primary centre which functions in a Masjid or a small modest building and provides instruction in religious as well as some secular subjects.