Many scholars (including Makdisi) have argued that early medieval universities were influenced by the religious madrasahs in Al-Andalus, the Emirate of Sicily, and the Middle East (during the Crusades). Other scholars see this argument as overstated. Lowe and Yasuhara have recently drawn on the well-documented influences of scholarship from the Islamic world on the universities of Western Europe to call for a reconsideration of the development of higher education, turning away from a concern with local institutional structures to a broader consideration within a global context.
కేవలం స్థానిక ప్రభావాల నుండే కాకుండా దేని నుండే విశ్వవిద్యాలయాలు వచ్చాయని కొందరు విద్వాంసులు అనుకుంటున్నారు?
a global context