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Timbuktu

The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold

by Marq De Villiers

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Examines the history, myths, and legends of Timbuktu as it rose from a camp for nomadic tribes, to a wealthy metropolis and nexus for trans-Saharan trade, to a center of Islamic learning and religion, and then declined.

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