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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. | ||
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| + | ==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. | ||
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Revision as of 02:04, October 2, 2007
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
The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.