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Timbuktu ( deutsch [ tɪmˈbʊktu ], französisch Tombouctou [ tõbukˈtu ]) ist eine Oasenstadt in Mali mit 54.453 Einwohnern (Zensus 2009). [2] Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Etymologie. 2 Geografie. 2.1 Lage. 2.2 Klima. 3 Bevölkerung. 4 Traditionelle Architektur. 5 Geschichte. 5.1 Gründung und Frühzeit. 5.2 Die Zeit der großen westafrikanischen Reiche.
Timbuktu was a world centre of Islamic learning from the 13th to the 17th century, especially under the Mali Empire and Askia Mohammad I's rule. The Malian government and NGOs have been working to catalog and restore the remnants of this scholarly legacy: Timbuktu's manuscripts.
1. Juli 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
- Mark Cartwright
Learn about the history and culture of Timbuktu, a former intellectual and spiritual capital of Africa and a centre for the diffusion of Islam. Discover its three great mosques, mausoleums and other monuments that are under threat from desertification and urbanization.
1. Feb. 2015 · Nordmali wurde bis vor zwei Jahren von Islamisten und den Tuareg-Milizen Boko Haram belagert. Diese zerstörten das Weltkulturerbe der Oasenstadt Timbuktu. Seit der Rückeroberung durch ...