World's First University Teaches Grammar and Linguistics Forget about cultist heads exploding over the fact that the numerals we all use are actually Arabic in origin. This institution, in Morocco and until 1963 operated as a madrasa, is the oldest continually operating higher learning institution in the world, according to UNESCO. Our manufactured ignorance blinds us to most of the incredible things that humans have accomplished. https://take-note.com/note-takers/marshall--mayer/notes/worlds-first-university-teaches-grammar-and-linguistics/view https://take-note.com/note-takers/marshall--mayer/notes/worlds-first-university-teaches-grammar-and-linguistics

World's First University Teaches Grammar and Linguistics

note taken by Marshall Mayer on January 16, 2011 at 1:20 PM at the University of al-Qarawiyyin, Fes, Fès-Boulemane Morocco

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Marshall Mayer says:

Aug 27, 2022 03:48 PM

Forget about cultist heads exploding over the fact that the numerals we all use are actually Arabic in origin. This institution, in Morocco and until 1963 operated as a madrasa, is the oldest continually operating higher learning institution in the world, according to UNESCO. Our manufactured ignorance blinds us to most of the incredible things that humans have accomplished.

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