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Timbuktu, région, northern Mali, West Africa, bordering Mauritania on the northwest, Algeria on the northeast, and the régions of Gao on the east and Mopti and Ségou on the south. Timbuktu région was created in 1977 from the western part of Gao région. It is entirely within the Sahara (desert)
Timbuktu is a 2014 Mauritanian-French drama film directed and co-written by Abderrahmane Sissako. The film centres on the brief occupation of Timbuktu, Mali by Ansar Dine, and is partially influenced by the 2012 public stoning of an unmarried couple in Aguelhok . Shot in Oualata, Mauritania, Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or ...
Timbuktu bylo významnou křižovatkou karavan, kde se směňovala sůl ze Sahary za zlato, slonovinu a otroky ze Sahelu a jižních oblastí od přelomu 1. a 2. tis. n. l., ale osady zde byly prokazatelně již v době železné. Odedávna musely karavany dorazivší do Timbuktu platit poplatek za vstup, respektive pobyt v Timbuktu.
Timbuktu was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1988 for its Outstanding Universal Value as an African intellectual and spiritual capital in the 15th and 16th centuries. Among its treasures were sixteen 13th century mausoleums of Muslim saints. Fourteen of these, as well as the sacred gate of the Sidi Yahia Mosque, would be demolished by ...
Mar 10, 2022 · Timbuktu manuscripts: Mali's ancient documents captured online. 10 March 2022. By Nomsa Maseko, BBC News. Google Arts and Culture. A virtual gallery to showcase Mali's cultural history has been ...
Timbuktu ( / ˌtɪmbʌkˈtuː /) ( Ngữ tộc Berber: ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜⵓ, ⵜⵉⵏⴱⵓⴽⵜⵓ; tiếng Pháp: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu) là một thành phố cổ ở vùng Tombouctou, Mali, nằm cách 20 km (12 mi) về phía bắc của sông Niger. Thị trấn ngày nay là thủ phủ của vùng Tombouctou, một trong ...
Timbuktu, French Tombouctou, Town (pop., 2009: 54,453), Mali, on the southern edge of the Sahara near the Niger River. Founded c. 1100 ce by Tuareg nomads, it became an important post on the trans-Saharan caravan routes. After it was incorporated within the Mali empire, probably in the late 13th century, it became a centre of Islamic culture ...
