Forget Newton. You want to know who made revolutionary discoveries and advanced numerous concepts that we know today?
The First University
Fatima Al-Fihri (800–880 A.D.) was the daughter of a rich merchant. She built the world’s first university — the University of al-Qarawiyyin (or Karueein) — in 859 AD in Fez (which is now Morocco).
Initially begun as a mosque for educational purposes, this was the first degree-awarding university in the world, teaching a variety of subjects like Islamic Studies, Mathematics, Medicine, and Astronomy.
According to UNESCO and Guinness World Records, it is the oldest operating university (preceding the University of Bologna by a century) and is also home to one of the oldest libraries on earth.
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