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Timbuktu primarily gained its wealth from local gold and salt mining, in addition to the trans-Saharan slave trade. Gold was a highly valued commodity in the Mediterranean region and salt was most popular south of the city, though arguably the biggest asset Timbuktu had was its location.
Timboektoe (Frans: Tombouctou) is een stad (commune urbaine) en gemeente en tevens de hoofdstad van de gelijknamige regio in Mali. De plaats ligt ongeveer 13 kilometer ten noorden van de rivier Niger en heeft circa 55.000 inwoners.
Timboektoe (Arabies: تمبكتو, Berber: ⵜⵉⵏⴱⵓⴽⵜⵓ, Frans: Tombouctou) is 'n antieke oasestad in Noord-Mali langs die Nigerrivier. Die stad het 'n bevolking van 54 453 in 2009 gehad. [1]
Timboektoe staat bekend om de prestigieuze Koranuniversiteit van Sankore en andere madrassas (moskeescholen). Timboektoe was een intellectuele en geestelijke hoofdstad en een centrum voor de verspreiding van de islam door Afrika in de 15e en 16e eeuw.
Jul 1, 2024 · Timbuktu, city in the western African country of Mali, historically important as a trading post on the trans-Saharan caravan route and as a centre of Islamic culture ( c. 1400–1600). It is located on the southern edge of the Sahara, about 8 miles (13 km) north of the Niger River.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
My father can read big words, too. Like... Constantinople and Timbuktu. Its long history as a trading outpost that linked black Africa below the Sahara Desert with Berber and Islamic traders throughout north Africa, and thereby indirectly with traders from Europe, has given it a fabled status.
Jul 25, 2018 · Discover the Striking Earthen City of Timbuktu. Perched on the edge of the Sahara, this West African city was a center of religion and scholarship for centuries. This West African city—long ...
