Introduction The Islamic world has been covering great geographical areas in the mid 8 th century which was one of the key reasons for the emergence of the Islamic Golden Age. This was a time in history and especially in the Arab world that has seen great advancements in sciences and development of thought. There is some argumentation if the Golden Age really did exist and what the main causes were, but the clear evidence of the major value of Islamic education and knowledge is undeniable (Sonn 40). Analysis One of the most significant pushes towards the emergence of heightened education in the Islamic world was the previous knowledge collected over centuries. Also, the teaching of Mohammad that religion and the search for truth led down the same path was the start of Muslims greatly wanting and needing to pursue an education in order to attain spiritual enlightenment. Islam bases its religion on following God’s guidelines very strictly. It is interesting to note that the Muslim religion or Quran does not exclude other religions from wisdom based on education. It is defined as the search for truth which is inseparable from religion and belief in the Prophets and God (Bennison 22). Early childhood education became very multifaceted and dimensional. Maktab relates to the elementary schools where children would sometimes be taught in a mosque, but the general guideline was the individual approach to each child. A scholar named al-Ghazali wrote that: “prevention of the child from playing games and constant insistence on learning deadens his heart, blunts his sharpness of wit and burdens his life. Thus, he looks for a ruse to escape his studies altogether” (“Education in Islamic History”, par. 3). Al-Azhar University located in Egypt is the oldest university that would provide a degree to its students. Education in logic, calculations in relation to celestial bodies, and Islamic law were some of the central courses. But religion was still largely present in the curriculum. Mosques were also often used for group teachings which were part of the religious experience. One-to-one mentoring and individual studies through printed text were also rather common. Fatima al-Fahri was one of the most famous women in Islam, as she had contributed the inherited fortune to the building of the Al Qarawiyyin mosque which later became a central university in the Muslim world and globally (Lula 71). Another contribution of Muslim education to the other nations was the advances in making paper, which was used extensively in the writing system, allowed for knowledge to be spread over vast areas. At the time, the Islamic world had the largest depository of books in the world. This was the merging of world education with the Arab world (Meri 222). Islam was existent in almost all parts of the civilized world. Greek, Egyptian, Indian and Chinese knowledge was a large part of the information used in the educational system. A specific area called Andalusia, located in Spain, was Muslim which meant that the religious and educational values were the same compared to the rest of the Muslim religion. Christians and Jews were living in peace, learning arts, tolerance, and sciences. Due to the fact that countries affected by the Islamic world kept their educational, administrative, and law systems inta