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Timbuktu is a city in Mali. It is located in Western Africa.
It was an important place during the 15th and 16th century. It is the most famous Islamic city in Africa. It is responsible for spreading Islam in Africa and the major Islamic structures and Islams gather here for festivals and etc.
It has a population of around 30,000 people. Timbuktu was an important trading outpost for North Africa decades back. Arabs, Europeans and North African get involved in trade here very often.
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∙ 9y agoToday, Timbuktu is used to generally refer to a faraway place, and many people don't believe it exists, despite it being an actual place. This is largely in part due to fabricated stories of it being a place of wonder, especially by the man known as Leo Africanus.
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What foods are eaten in Timbuktu?
The people of Timbuktu mostly eat couscous, chicken, honey and bread.
Where is timbuktu in us?
Alaska
What west African city became a leading center of Muslim learning in the 1300s?
The Mali Empire was known as the famous learning center in the city of Timbuktu...
Who is the leader of Timbuktu?
ricky pinheiro
What was the daily life in Timbuktu?
I need to find out the housing and daily life in Timbuktu at the end of Leo Africanu's time period. and are the the three of Leo Africanus's obervations.
What is the continent of Timbuktu?
Timbuktu is in Africa.
What is the capital of Timbuktu?
There is no capital of Timbuktu (a city). It was the capital of the Mali Empire.
What do they do for entertainment in timbuktu mali?
what did the timbuktu do for entertainment?
What hemisphere is timbuktu on?
Timbuktu is on the eastern hemisphere.
What are the people from Timbuktu called?
timbuktu-nians :)
What is the largest city in Timbuktu?
Timbuktu is itself a city and also the name of a region in Mali, a country in Africa. The city of Timbuktu is the capital of the Timbuktu region.
Who invented Timbuktu?
No one invented Timbuktu, it is a city. Timbuktu was founded by the Tuareg Imashagan in the 11th century.
What does the Timbuktu eat?
Timbuktu is a geographic location. It is not an animal.
What countries border Timbuktu?
Timbuktu was a city and not a country.
Timbuktu's population today?
Timbuktu's population today?
When was Timbuktu created?
Songhai. ~ :)
What continent is timbuktu on?
Timbuktu is in Mali in western Africa.
