Answer:
They were operated by nomadic tribes
Explanation:
Persians, Turks, Arabs, and Berbers occassionally all were pastoralists and disaporic communities. :)
Since there population is small they would have an equal amount of votes.
Independent universities were important at the start of the scientific revolution because they did not depend on state or church funding that could alter the course of the university, or inject bias into the university's teachings.