Did you know the first university in the world was built by a Muslim woman approx 1200 years ago?
This is the story of Fatima Al-Fihiri (800–880 CE). #BadassWoman #twitterstorians
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Now considered the world's oldest #library, it has over 4,000 rare old books and ancient manuscripts.
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#Politics
#Philosophy
#Law
Natural Sciences
Rhetoric
Logic
#Grammar
#Medicine
#Mathematics
#Astronomy
#Chemistry
#History
#Geography
and
#Music.
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#sociology #twitterstorians
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