The al-Qarawiyyin mosque-university in Fez is older than Angkor Wat.

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• Fatima al-Fihri founds al-Qarawiyyin859 · Fez, Morocco. The world's oldest working school was founded by a woman
• Construction of Angkor Watc. 1113–1150 · Angkor. The Khmer raise the world's largest religious monument

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