'''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.
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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.
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The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.
The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.