they are rich they have money or people get kill in Timbuktu
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Well, Timbuktu mainly traded salt,gold and ivory...the gold was sometimes used for their currency, but merchants normally traded it for its rich value. Salt came from Northern Africa, in the Sahara and gold was found in Western Africa.
salt and gold...you know like BLING BLING
about 35 years
Sundiata, the great chief of the Malinke and the king of the Mali Empire, made Timbuktu an important center for Islamic Culture
Timbuktu is in Africa.
What factors made Timbuktu a spiritual and intellectual center of Islam?
There is no capital of Timbuktu (a city). It was the capital of the Mali Empire.
Timbuktu is a 'salt city' on the greatest Saharan caravan route ever. Through Timbuktu pass all the treasured items ever known, anywhere in the Ancient World. Any food ever found in Asia major, minor, Africa and Europe; anything in the Old World...has been eaten there...since civilization began.
what did the timbuktu do for entertainment?
timbuktu-nians :)