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Timbuktu

City near the Niger river in Mali that grew into a major hub of trans-Saharan trade and, from the 13th to 17th centuries, one of the world's leading centres of Islamic scholarship - renowned for its manuscript libraries and universities before entering long decline after a Moroccan invasion in 1591.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1100 CE mainstream
  permanent settlement established (early 12th century) source
• 1591 CE mainstream
  Moroccan invasion, beginning of long decline source

Where

16.7758° N, 3.0094° W

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu

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