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Timbuktu: Ancient center of Islamic Africa
Salt comes from the north, gold from the south, and silver from the country of the white men, but the word of God and the treasures of wisdom are only to be found in Timbuktu.
—old West African proverb
Timbuktu: at the center of trade
The beginning Founded eleventh century by Tuareg nomads
The middle Major trading center of Mali and Songhai
Had university, 25,000 scholars, 100+ Qur’an schools
The end Sacked by Morocco in 1591
Sea routes took over trade
Tuareg nomads
West African mosques
Wattle huts
Timbuktu today
fin
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