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Fatima al-Fihri
800 – 880Founded al-Qarawiyyin in 859, the oldest continuously operating university.
Morocco·History
Ibn Battuta
1304 – 1369Travelled some 120,000 km across the medieval world and wrote the Rihla.
Morocco·Literature · History
Ibn Khaldun
1332 – 1406Founded sociology and economic history with the Muqaddimah.
Tunisia·History · Economics · Philosophy