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Heute ist Timbuktu eine arme Stadt. Die historische Innenstadt ist, von wenigen Ausnahmen abgesehen, in einem schlechten Zustand. Für etwa 900 Millionen CFA-Franc (1,37 Millionen Euro) wurde 2003 der Markt Yobou ber ausgebaut, der über 25 Ladengeschäfte, eine Metzgerei, sanitäre Anlagen und Büroräume verfügt.
Toponymy Timbuktu looking west, René Caillié (1830) View of Timbuktu, Heinrich Barth (1858) Over the centuries, the spelling of Timbuktu has varied a great deal: from Tenbuch on the Catalan Atlas (1375), to traveller Antonio Malfante's Thambet, used in a letter he wrote in 1447 and also adopted by Alvise Cadamosto in his Voyages of Cadamosto, to Heinrich Barth's Timbúktu and Timbu'ktu ...
25. Juli 2018 · Timbuktu was a center of Islamic scholarship and trade in West Africa for centuries, but now faces threats from desert encroachment and armed conflict. Learn about its history, culture, and manuscripts in this guide by National Geographic.
20. Mai 2024 · Timbuktu, city in the western African country of Mali, historically important as a trading post on the trans-Saharan caravan route and as a center of Islamic culture (c. 1400–1600). It is located on the southern edge of the Sahara, about 8 miles (13 km) north of the Niger River. Read more about Timbuktu here.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Timbuktu is a historic city in Mali that was a centre of Islamic culture and trade in the 15th and 16th centuries. It has three great mosques, sixteen mausoleums and other monuments that reflect its golden age and face threats from desertification and urbanization.
22. Feb. 2019 · Timbuktu is a city located near the Niger River in modern-day Mali in West Africa. The area around Timbuktu has been inhabited since the Neolithic period as evidenced by Iron Age tumuli, megaliths and remains of now abandoned villages.
1. Feb. 2015 · Timbuktu Der Wiederaufbau eines Weltkulturerbes. Nordmali wurde bis vor zwei Jahren von Islamisten und den Tuareg-Milizen Boko Haram belagert. Diese zerstörten das Weltkulturerbe der Oasenstadt...
