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noun - a city in central Mali near the Niger river
A city of central Mali near the Niger River northeast of Bamako.
TIMBUKTU - Timbuktu (), also spelt Tinbuktu, Timbuctoo and Timbuktoo (Berber languages: ; French: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu), is an ancient city in Mali...
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| Still a popular tourist destination in Mali, this city was a major religious & commercial center in the 15th c. |
| The name of this ancient trading post in Mali is now synonymous with any faraway place |
| Among those to reach this fabled African outpost in the 19th century were Rene Caillie & Gordon Laing |
| The mosque seen here is in this fabled city of Mali, once a center of trade & Islamic learning |
| Caravans carry salt from Taoudenni to this fabled trading city to be exchanged for other goods |
| Alexander Gordon Laing was killed by natives soon after visiting this exotic Mali city |
| This Mali trading post was rediscovered by Major Gordon Laing in 1826 |
| In 1828 Rene Caille reached this remote African city, "an object of curiosity" to Europeans |
| In August 1826 Gordon Laing became the first European to set foot in this Mali trading post |
| In the 1820s Rene Caillie traveled to this fabled African city only to find "a mass of ill-looking houses built of earth" |
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Timbuktu (), also spelt Tinbuktu, Timbuctoo and Timbuktoo (Berber languages: ; French: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu), is an ancient city in Mali, situated 20 km (12 mi) north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Timbuktu Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali. It had a population of 54,453 in the 2009 census. * Starting out as a seasonal settlement, Timbuktu became a permanent settlement early in the 10th century. After a shift in trading routes, Timbuktu flourished from the trade in salt, gold, ivory and slaves. It became part of the Mali Empire early in the 14th century. In the first half of the 15th century, the Tuareg tribes took control of the city for a short period until the expanding Songhai Empire absorbed the city in 1468. A Moroccan army defeated the Songhai in 1591 and made Timbuktu, rather than Gao, their capital. The invaders established a new ruling class, the Arma, who after 1612 became virtually independent of Morocco. However, the gol |