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'''Timbuktu''' was a prominent city on the [[Niger River]] in the modern [[West African]] country of [[Mali]]. It was a city populated by the Songhay, Tuareg, Fulani, and Moorish people. It was founded by the Tuareg sometime after 1000 A.D. and became a center of Islamic learning.
'''Timbuktu''' was a prominent city on the [[Niger River]] in the modern [[West African]] country of [[Mali]]. It was a city populated by the Songhay, Tuareg, Fulani, and Moorish people. It was founded by the Tuareg sometime after 1000 A.D. and became a center of Islamic learning.
==Other Uses==
The expression, to go to "Timbuktu" means to travel someplace exceedingly far away and unknown.
== Sources ==
== Sources ==
The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.
The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.
[[Category:Cities]]
[[Category:Cities]] [[Category:Idioms]]