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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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'''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. It fell into decline when the [[Spanish]] invaded. It has never recovered it's former glory.
     
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