Social School

Social School.

learning some basic writing skills, but it was very different from nowadays. The whole change in

Different, but unique writing systems were already created in ancient civilizations around

the world. It started in about 3500 B.C. Egypt developed its hieroglyphs in 3400 B.C. and were

used in Abydos. However, the world’s oldest known alphabet was created in Egypt in 2000 B.C.

stone monuments and the others were used for writing in ink on papyrus ( papyrus is a flexible,

there was always a need for people to leave some information or to communicate with the rest of

expensive skill to get. Most of the families could not afford their kids to enter some teaching

In Europe in 6th century, during the Early Middle Ages, schools were already formed.

Monasteries adapted a new system of learning. They preserved the Church’s selection from Latin

learning and maintained skills of writing. Christian monastic schools were called medieval

universities in which monks taught classes. Later on, monasteries were known as cathedral

The first medieval institutions that were called universities at that time were established

in France, England, and Italy in the late 11th and 12th centuries. There scholars studied art, law,

In Islamic world the formal education started in the 6th century, but it was very different

center of learning in Islamic world was known as the Academy of Gundishapur. Academy of

and an educational center that started in 9th century and lasted till 13th century. The House of

learning as we do now. However, in ancient times, there was a huge problem that did not let

everyone to access schools in which they could be taught many different useful and needful

things. The problem seems to look ridiculous for nowadays people. That problem was known as

a lack of educated people that could teach others. Also, the lack of translated specimens made it