Ancient Books of Timbuktu
The Story of the Ancient Manuscripts of Timbuktu, and some culture and history as well.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
In a fabled city at the end of the earth, lies a treasury of ancient manuscripts
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Fida ag Muhammad holds up the remains of a centuries old manuscript which has been eaten away by termites. Similar texts have been found in ...
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Treasures in Timbuktu - 2008
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Timbuktu Foundation (USA) 2008 part 1 part 2
The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu - BBC 2009
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part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6
Timbuktu Timeline
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TIMBUKTU History & Timeline 400 B.C.E. Berber middlemen establish early trans-Saharan trade between West Sudan and North Africa. 100 B.C...
Mansa Musa - Lion King of Mali
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From the fourth to the sixteenth century, three empires controlled much of West Africa and several key cities of the Saharan trade route. Be...
A new home for ancient texts in Timbuktu
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The Timbuktu Manuscripts - or Mali Manuscripts - some of which date back to the 13th century, are Arabic and African texts that hark back to...
Ibn Battuta
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Setting out in 1352, lbn Battuta went by way of Fez and Sijilmasa It is a lovely city. In it there a great deal of sweet dates. The town of ...
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