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Video Transcript ALI: According to historians this university was counting 25,000 students. GATES: 25,000 students? ALI: Yeah. GATES: Huh. What did they study? ALI: Well, they study … things like astronomy and … Islamic sciences, the Koran, the mathematics … GATES: Medicine? ALI: Medicine, yeah, medicine. GATES: So they would studying in these rooms? ALI: They used, they were studying in these rooms in the morning … GATES: Hm-mm … ALI: … and in the afternoon courses are given in the court. GATES: In the court. How long did it take to get through the upper level? ALI: It's about 10 years. GATES: So that's like getting a BA, Bachelor's degree and then PhD … ALI: Yeah. GATES: … today. ALI: And once you get graduated you get your diploma and you also get the traditional turban. GATES: A turban? ALI: Yeah. GATES: Now would the scholars come from all over Black Africa or mostly from Mali? ALI: They came from Black Africa, from West Africa and most of them were taken in charge by the local population and with additional chiefs. || ROAD TO TIMBUKTU EPISODE ||
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Sidi on Ancient University at Sankore Mosque