What is the "Worlds oldest institution"?

Answer 1

The Academy of Gundishapur in Persia (modern Iran) is one of the oldest institutions. In 489 CE, the Nestorian established scientific center in Edessa, was transferred to Nasibin, also known as "Nisibīn, then under Persian rule with its secular faculties at Gundishapur, Khuzestan. Here, scholars, together with Pagan philosophers banished by Justinian from Athens carried out important research in Medicine, Astronomy, and Mathematics".

Answer 2

The Catholic Church was and still is the oldest institution. Below was copied from www.answers.com
The Roman Catholic Church is the oldest continuously operating entity with an identifiable structure. Verifiably, the first pope was Linus (after Peter, anyway), who took office in AD 64 or 67, depending upon the source. The office of the papacy as the head of the church has not been left vacant since that time. I mention the Roman Catholic Church because there is dispute concerning the role of the leadership in Rome during the early church, particularly among the Orthodox. However, the Roman bishop, or pope, was unquestionably the patriarch of the western church. Thus, disputes over Peter's papacy aside, the central structure of the Roman church has existed for about 1950 years at this point. Orthodox churches cannot lay claim to this age, if only because their episcopates have been overrun at times, particularly due to Muslim conquest. More specifically, the more ancient sees that were on par with Rome (Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Constantinople), either did not exist as early as Rome (Constantinople), or disappeared before the turn of the millennium (all of the rest).
No secular institution can come even close to such longevity (governmental or otherwise). The U.S. presently has the oldest continuously operating government at about 225 years, though some claim that Iceland has had a continuously operating parliament for about 1100 years. As for other religions, Hinduism, the world's oldest known religion, has no institutional structure, as such. Judaism, another of the world's oldest religions, has had its institutional structure destroyed at several points in time, notably during the Babylonian exile, and again after the Roman destruction of the temple in 67 AD. Modern Judaism is divided (as it has been for over 2000 years), and does not share a common institutional structure with its historical predecessors.

Answer 3

Marriage

Answer 4

I think they refer to prostitution as the world's oldest institution. I have no idea if that is actually true but it seems reasonable.

Answer 5

Università di Bologna, Italy, established in 1088
Also called Alma Mater Studiorum

Answer 6

University of Al-Karaouine in Fez, Morocco founded in 859.

Answer 7

No one knows because their could be tribal institutions older than the modern ones we know today

Answer 8

the worlds oldest constitution is USS Constitution

Answer 9

The "althing" that is the governmental system of Iceland.

Answer 10

I think that's whoring.

Wait, what kind of institution?