Islam - Qur'an and literacy (c.600-900CE) (jan 1, 600 – jan 1, 900)
Description:
- High value placed on literacy for religious purposes—many Muslims learned to read to study the Qur'an.- Establishment of mosque schools where children learned to read, write, and recite the Qur'an.
- Emergence of madrasas (formal Islamic schools) for higher education in religious sciences.
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Date:
jan 1, 600
jan 1, 900
~ 300 years