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	Sankore University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sankore University or Sankore or The University of Sankore or Sankore Masjid is one of three ancient centers of learning located in Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa.
		The three Masjids (common word for mosque in the region) of Sankore, Djinguereber Mosque and Sidi Yahya compose the famous University of Timbuktu.
		As the center of an Islamic scholarly community, the University was a Madrassa, very different in organization from the universities of medieval Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sankore_University (933 words)

	University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects.
		The first European medieval university was the University of Magnaura in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), founded in 849 by the regent Bardas of emperor Michael III, followed by the University of Salerno (9th century), University of Bologna (1088) in Bologna, Italy, and the University of Paris (c.
		Many of the medieval universities in Western Europe were born under the aegis of the Catholic Church, usually as cathedral schools or by papal bull as Studia Generali.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University (2366 words)

	MuslimHeritage.com - Topics
		University of Timbuktu often referred to, as the ‘University of Sankore’, as there are two other universities in Timbuktu, 'Jingaray Ber' and 'Sidi Yahya' universities.
		The University of Sankore is located in the north east district of Timbuktu and housed within the Sankore Mosque.
		The University of Sankore had no central administration; rather, it was composed of several entirely independent schools or colleges, each run by a single master (scholar or professor).
	muslimheritage.com /topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=371 (1033 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Timbuktu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The most famous of these is the Sankore mosque, also known as the University of Sankore.
		The "University of Sankore" was a madrassah, very different in organization from the universities of medieval Europe.
		The collection of ancient manuscripts at the University of Sankore and other sites around Timbuktu document the magnificence of the institution, as well as the city itself, while enabling scholars to reconstruct the past in fairly intimate detail.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Timbuktu (1971 words)

	University of Timbuktu, Mali
		The Masajid of Jingaray Ber, The Masajid of Sidi Yahya, The Masajid of Sankore.
		The university trade shops offered classes in business, carpentry, farming, fishing, construction, shoe making, tailoring, navigation etc. This is very important because as an Imam or Islamic scholar one has to impart honest and unbiased judgments in settling legal issues.
		Sankore was one of the most important departments of the University in this regard.
	www.timbuktufoundation.org /university.html (868 words)

	Mission
		Sankore became very famous in the history of the University of Timbuktu.
		Among the scholars of Sankore are: Abu Al Baraaka, Mohammed Bagayogo, Ahmed Baba, And Ag Mohammed, Al Aqib ibn Faqi Muhmud, Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad Biru, Abd Arahman ibn Faqi Mahmud, Mohammed ibn Mohammed Kara and the actual Imam.
		The Masjid of Sidi Yahya was built by Mohammed Naddi, one of the governors of the city appointed by the Mandika Dynasty.
	www.timbuktufoundation.org /scholars.html (1182 words)

	University Of Timbuktu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sankore was built in 989 AD and became the center of the Islamic scholarly community in Timbuktu.
		Cameroon's universities must walk in the shadows of the University of Timbuktu that shaped the medieval African evolution, tampered with and ruined by slave...
		Another major early Islamic university was Sankore mosque university in Timbuktu founded in the twelfth century where a wide range of courses were taught...
	1908.what-com.info (1126 words)

	The American Muslim (TAM)
		The Crescent University serves both the national and global needs of Muslims by providing a ground-breaking seat of higher learning to produce new generations of thinking Muslims from all walks of life committed to help shape America’’s global role and to promote Islamic ecumenism and the resulting global Islamic unity.
		Crescent is a true university in the sense of its universal scope and its commitment to exploring frontiers of knowledge together with its peers, such as Harvard and Yale, in the Ivy League.
		All the religions and denominations in America recognize that their faith and future depend on faith-based education and they all have founded and are maintaing universities that bring to bear their contributions to the mosaic that is America and to the solution of its problems of conscience.
	theamericanmuslim.org /tam.php/features/print/crescent_university (941 words)

	Timbuktu info here at en.75of100b.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The decisive tiptop of these is the Sankore mosque, as well hackneyed as the University of Sankore.
		Sankore was framed in 989 AD & became the internal of the Islamic scholarly jungle in Timbuktu.
		The "University of Sankore" was a madrassah, very at variance in machine from the universities of medieval Europe.
	en.75of100b.info /canada-map-quest/Timbuktu (2144 words)

	Wonders of the African World - Episodes - Road to Timbuktu - Wonders
		One of the two historic mosques of Timbuktu (the other being the Jingereber), the Sankore mosque was built during the declining years of the Empire of Mali, in the early 15
		century A.D. The medieval "University of Timbuktu," often referred to as the "University of Sankore" was very different in organization to the universities of medieval Europe.
		The university was adversely affected by the Moroccan invasion of the 1590s and the deportation of its best scholars.
	www.pbs.org /wonders/Episodes/Epi5/5_wondr6.htm (298 words)

	The Muslim News
		Sankore Mosque, with its unique pyramidal mihrab, was the focal point of Sankore University.
		The university’s reputation peaked in the 16th century and at one point it boasted a student body exceeding 25,000 — more than the entire population of Timbuktu today.
		It was little wonder that by the time the French occupied Timbuktu in 1894, all that remained of Sankore was a mosque in disrepair and a dwindling tradition of erudition.
	www.muslimnews.co.uk /awards/index.php?page=sankore (500 words)

	About Sankore'
		In 15th century Timbuktu, in general, and the Sankore’ University/Mosque complex, in particular, was the religious, scientific and literary center of the Bilad’s-Sudan.
		The Sankore’ University was the symbol of the spirit of the society, the guardian of its morals and the formulator of its hopes and aspirations.”
		In short, the Sankore' Institute is, with the help of Allah ta`ala, preserving and extending the intellectual heritage of the ancient Sankore' University/Mosque of the 15th century - making this legacy viable for the electronic age for the Muslims of Africa, America and the world.
	www.sankore.org /public_html/About%20Sankore.htm (897 words)

	Kuumba Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Our Sankore Library is very unique as it is the only Afrikan / Caribbean resource library in Bristol, which caters for the students of Afrikan / Caribbean history and culture.
		The Sankore library aims at satisfying this need with a hold on a wide range of resources, DVD’s, books, videos, magazine’s, dissertations and much more.
		Sankore is currently under refurbishment welcoming volunteer input in its development.
	www.kuumba.org.uk /sankore/index.html (140 words)

	Apolyton Civilization Forums > Civilization IV > Civ4-General > University of Sankore Confirmed PLUS Images of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At most, the University of Sankore was just a study center of the Islamic religion and the metaphysical as well as spritual aspects of Islamic theology.
		The University at Sankore probably had a larger impact on history than the Pyramids did, if that's the qualifications to make something a "wonder" of the world.
		And you failed to answer why the University of Sankore shouldn't be in because it didn't have a modern impact, but the Pyramids and the Parthenon should because....
	apolyton.net /forums/showthread.php?threadid=154708 (2522 words)

	Books on Nigeria - Politics, Women, Economy - Nigerian books
		Sankore Publishers are foremost publishers of books on Nigeria that address issues, which are pertinent to the development of Nigeria and also deal on the myriad of problems of national integration and development crises in Nigeria.
		Gabriel Olusanya, a graduate of the universities of London, British Columbia and Toronto, was a professor of history, University of Lagos and one-time visiting professor, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.
		He was the pioneer Director of Studies in Nigeria's prestigious National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, and was a one-time Nigerian Ambassador to France, served as the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs and Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
	www.jidaw.com /sankore.html (1547 words)

	History Channel
		Scholars from all over the Islamic world came to the University of Sankore (as well as the city's over 180 madersas) where courses as varied as theology, Islamic law, rhetoric, and literature were taught.
		The university was housed in the Sankore Mosque built with a remarkably large pyramidal mihrab in the declining years of the Mali Empire.
		At this period in African history, the University of Sankore was the educational capital of the western Sudan, where 25,000 students studied a rigorous academic program.
	www.history.com /classroom/unesco/timbuktu/goldenage.html (578 words)

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		Hilliard is the Fuller Calloway Professor of Urban Education at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
		He says Sankore University at Timbuktu was at its peak around 1580 a.d.
		Hilliard says Ahmed Baba and the University of Sankore at Timbuktu was functioning at the height of the slave trade.
	www.11alive.com /specials/local/blackhistory/asa.asp (1002 words)

	Mali Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Musa was a devoted Muslim and Islamic scholarship flourished under his rule.
		With Musa as a benefactor, Sankore University in Timbuktu reached its height.
		Craftsmen and Islamic scholars came from all over the Muslim world to receive a free education at Sankore's guilds and madrasas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mali_Empire (1150 words)

	Afro-American Literature
		During the period in West African history—from the early part of the fourteenth century to the time of the Moorish invasion in 1591—the City of Timbuktu, with the University of Sankore in the Songhay Empire, was the intellectual center of Africa.
		At this period in African history, the University of Sankore, at Timbuktu, was the educational capital of the Western Sudan.
		Ahmed Baba was the last chancellor of the University of Sankore.
	www.africawithin.com /clarke/origin_and_growth.htm (5198 words)

	Welcome to Timbuktu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As the center of an Islamic scholarly community, the "University of Sankore" was a maɗrassah, very ɗifferent in organization from the Meɗieval university.
		The collection of ancient manuscripts at the University of Sankore anɗ other sites arounɗ Timbuktu ɗocument the magnificence of the institution, as well as the city itself, while enabling scholars to reconstruct the past in fairly intimate ɗetail.
		Dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, the ancient manuscripts cover every aspect of human enɗeavor anɗ are inɗicative of the high level of civilization attaineɗ by West Africans ɗuring the Miɗɗle Ages.
	eirsfile.info /en/Timbuktu! (1924 words)

	University @ Civilised.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		John's Health System and Missouri State University is expected to increase research on life sciences and biomedical projects, some targeted at helping wounded...
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	www.civilised.org /encyclopedia/University (2578 words)

	WKRAC - ARTWorld / West Africa - Mali
		The mystery around their knowledge of this star for thousands of years lay in the fact that only an extremely strong telescope could allow the star to be seen.
		Blacksmiths are feared because of their ability to harness the energy of the universe, called Nyama.
		As the center of an Islamic scholarly community, the "University of Sankore" was a, very different in organization from the universities of medieval Europe.
	www.wkrac.org /artworld/mali/culture/people.html (2137 words)

	.:DANEgerus Weblog:. Colonic Conservatism for those whose ignorance tilts Left Comments Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He was sent to prison in 1971, after he and some of his pals tortured two women with a soldering iron and a vise, among other things.
		CSULB wasn't the only American university that got the racial willies during the 1970s and set up a tin-pot fl-studies department, but CSULB (as far as I know) was the only one that hired a chairman who was a violent felon.
		The so-called University of Sankore was an aggregation of Islamic schools that flourished at Timbuktu in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.
	www.danegerus.com /weblog/Comments.asp?svComment=12841 (509 words)

	SalafiTalk.Net - Information needed on author
		He is the founding director of the Sankore’ Institute of Islamic-African Studies and is well known for his scholarly translations, commentaries of classical Arabic manuscripts from Black Africa, and dynamic speeches calling for the renewal of Islam and justice for oppressed peoples.
		The Sankore’ University was the symbol of the spirit of the society, the guardian of its morals and the formulator of its hopes and aspirations.” Our teacher, the late Waziri of Sokoto, Junayd ibn Muhammad al-Bukhari once said, “Knowledge is universal and eternal but it has a social and cultural stamp.
		The overall aims of the institute are to rediscover the authentic purpose, commitment and particular worldview of Islamic Africa and to revive the learning which gave it its unique social and cultural stamp.
	www.salafitalk.net /st/printthread.cfm?Forum=9&Topic=4649 (2330 words)

	Annual Rawdah Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Rawdah has also been designed to encourage and reaffirm habits in the lives of its participants that will illuminate the hearts and homes of their families and communities with the guidance of the Koran, Sunnah, and consensus of the mujtahid imams.
		The Sankore' Institute of Islamic-African Studies (S.I.I.A.S.) is a non-profit, non-political educational institution founded for the sole purpose of researching into the educational, political, cultural and religious heritage of Islamic Africa.
		The Sankore Institue has a number of ongoing classes and programs through the week, all classes are free and open to the general public.
	www.rawdah.org /aboutus.htm (339 words)

	IGN: Civilization IV: Warlords Preview
		Requiring knowledge of Paper (not to mention 550 production, double speed with stone) to complete, the University is well worth the trouble it takes to construct simply because it adds +2 research to all buildings associated with your state religion.
		Like the Temple of Artemis, the University generates +8 culture and +2 great people in the city it's built in.
		The University can only be built on Renaissance and earlier starts and becomes obsolete with the discovery of Computers.
	pc.ign.com /articles/717/717727p2.html (873 words)

	Islamic Voice
		Known for its high standards, the Sankore University had over 25, 000 students in a city of 100,000 people in the 12th century.
		He had built the inner court of the mosque in exact dimension of the Kabah in Makkah.
		During the graduation ceremony, the graduates had to wear the traditional turban to represent the name ‘Allah’ and the graduates had to demonstrate excellent character and care for Islamic values and education.
	www.islamicvoice.com /August2005/Miscellany/?PHPSESSID=a6f8c53c3abaac4b90cbcb7540dc6b77 (1121 words)

	Random House for High School Teachers \| Catalog \| The Wake of the Wind by J. California Cooper
		Suwaibu, sixteen years old, from the upper river, was herding his father's cattle because he loved the beauty of the land and loved being out on it living under the stars and the sun.
		Suwaibu, the eldest son, traveled with him sometimes and loved most the Northern lands where the University of Sankore was.
		His father was a supplier of paper, salt and books to the university and knew some of the learned people there.
	www.randomhouse.com /highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385487054&view=excerpt (2331 words)

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