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The first PhD was awarded in France in 1150 CE. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and even Pre-Columbus America had complex cultural customs, art, math, engineering,
by yTh0 6y ago
The first PhD was awarded in France in 1150 CE.
Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and even Pre-Columbus America had complex cultural customs, art, math, engineering, medicine, language they handed down generationally.
University as we know it is a relic of Medieval European tradition.
- mcguire 6y agoI've seen the literacy rate of medieval Europe estimated at 10%. Ethics and morals were being taught roughly the same way they are now: you believe what your parents believed. Medieval medicine was being taught from translations of Arabic copies of Galen.