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Ancient and Medieval Schools and Academies

Schools, academies and houses of learning of the ancient and medieval worlds that gathered scholars to teach, translate and investigate nature, such as the Lyceum founded by Aristotle in Athens and the House of Wisdom of Abbasid Baghdad. An institution belongs here when its cited article describes it as a school, academy or house of learning of antiquity or the Middle Ages. It excludes modern universities and laboratories, which sit in their own groups.

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House of Wisdom (Wikipedia)
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The House of Wisdom (Arabic: بَيْت الْحِكْمَة Bayt al-Ḥikmah), also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was a major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad.
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Lyceum (Wikipedia)
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It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC.
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Hanlin Academy (Wikipedia)
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The Hanlin Academy was an academic and administrative institution of higher learning founded in the 8th century Tang China by Emperor Xuanzong in Chang'an.
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