Emirate of Cordoba (Age of Charlemagne) Faction

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Emirate of Cordoba (Age of Charlemagne) Madrasa Level 2

Madrasa

Focused, secondary education, for the more advanced student of Islam.

Islamic education in the Middle Ages was closely related to religion - schools were closely linked to the mosques, often being adjoined to them during construction. The establishment of mosques throughout the Islamic world, therefore, helped to propagate education amongst the populace. These schools were known as 'maktab' and were institutions of basic education, where children were taught literacy and arithmetic, as well as the study of the Qur'an. As they grew older, they were also encouraged to study a further, more pragmatic, vocational discipline, such as medicine or a craft. This was not true of 'higher' education, however - that was the 'madrasa'. Although now a broad term for any educational institution, both religious and secular, during the Middle Ages the madrasa were purely institutions of higher education. At first, they taught only religious sciences, but over time began to allow more secular curriculums to be taught, in particular mathematics and philosophy. The focus on education during the Islamic Golden Age resulted in the Muslim world having the highest rate of literacy in the world at the time, rivalling that of ancient Greece.

Effects

Research rate: +20% (factionwide)
Imperium: +20 Imperium points (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)

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