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  2. Salerno - Wikipedia

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    The area of what is now Salerno has been continuously settled since pre-historical times, as the discoveries of Neolithic mummy remains documents. [9] Inhabited by Oscan-speaking populations, the region was colonized by the Etruscans, who founded the city of Irnthi in the 6th century BC, across the Irno river, in what is today city quarter of Fratte, as a part of their Dodecapolis political ...

  3. Schola Medica Salernitana - Wikipedia

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    Constantine the African lecturing to the school of Salerno. Founded in the 9th century, the school was originally based in the dispensary of a monastery.It achieved its greatest celebrity between the tenth and thirteenth centuries, from the last decades of Lombard power, during which its fame began to spread more than locally, to the fall of the Hohenstaufen.

  4. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cubberley argued that the foundations of the modern education system were influenced by processes of democratization in Europe and the United States. It was a story of enlightenment and modernization triumphing over ignorance, cost-cutting, and narrow traditionalism whereby parents tried to block their children's intellectual access to the ...

  5. Educational system - Wikipedia

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    The educational system [1] generally refers to the structure of all institutions and the opportunities for obtaining education within a country. It includes all pre-school institutions, starting from family education, and/or early childhood education, through kindergarten, primary, secondary, and tertiary schools, then lyceums, colleges, and faculties also known as Higher education (University ...

  6. Women of Salerno - Wikipedia

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    The first to remember the women of Salerno was a historian from Salerno, Antonio Mazza, prior of the School of Medicine in the seventeenth century, who in the essay "Historiarum epitome de rebus salernitanis" [16] writes: "We have many learned women, who in many fields surpassed or equalled by ingenuity and doctrine many men and, like men, were ...

  7. Principality of Salerno - Wikipedia

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    Salerno consisted of Taranto, Cassano, Cosenza, Paestum, Conza, Potenza, Sarno, Cimitile , Capua, Teano, and Sora. It was a maritime power with numerous seaports, including Salerno itself, and controlled mostly the western half of the old duchy. [2] The principality did not enjoy stability in its early years.

  8. History of education - Wikipedia

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    In the Vedic system, a child started his education at 8 to 12, whereas in the Buddhist system, the child started his education at the age of eight. The main aim of education in ancient India was to develop a person's character, master the art of self-control, bring about social awareness, and conserve and take forward ancient culture.

  9. Timeline of Salerno - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salerno in the Campania region of Italy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .