Muslims almost made it.

Ayy meet u @ the madrassa bro

>>2630381
>inb4 muslims invented universities long before westerners
>inb4 The Sankore Mosque was a university
eat this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Bologna

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustansiriya_Madrasah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nizamiyya_of_Baghdad

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>>2630853
>Mustansiriya Madrasah
>of one of the oldest Islamic institutions of higher learning in the world
>established in 1227
congrats you are 139 years behind

>Nezamiyeh
>these Sunni Islam theological schools are considered to be the model of later madrasahs, or Islamic religious schools

>>2630904
>It is the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records[5][6] and is sometimes referred to as the oldest university.
>madrasah literally just means school in arabic


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Al_Quaraouiyine

>>2630914
>Al Quaraouiyine was founded with an associated school, or madrasa,[4][9][10][11] in 859
the question is when did it became a "university"
956 or 1135

from what i understand it was basicaly a mosque with a bigger school in 859 and not a "university"
*universaty means that more than just one kind of science is conducted and i find for Al Quaraouiyine "just" theology and calligraphy

if you want you can ague that calligraphy is a science but i don't agree
they did teach law and philosohy, but when did they start to teach it?

>>2630963
>*universaty means that more than just one kind of science is conducted and i find for Al Quaraouiyine "just" theology and calligraphy

OP here. This is what I meant. I was aware of Islamic universities. I meant a secular univeristy system that leads to economic growth.