USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Home of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas, Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia, recall Timbuktu’s golden age.

Detailed explanation-2: -Timbuktu was a center of Islamic scholarship under several African empires, home to a 25, 000-student university and other madrassas that served as wellsprings for the spread of Islam throughout Africa from the 13th to 16th centuries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Timbuktu is a city in Mali, in West Africa, that was founded 1, 800 years ago. During Europe’s Middle Ages, it was home to a rich writing tradition that saw the creation of millions of manuscripts, hundreds of thousands of which survive to present day.

Detailed explanation-4: -Timbuktu is best known for its famous Djinguereber Mosque and prestigious Sankore University, both of which were established in the early 1300s under the reign of the Mali Empire, most famous ruler, Mansa Musa.