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Timbuktu
(or Tombouctou as it is sometimes spelt) was founded
at the end of the 11th Century, when it was established
as the crossroads of the great North-South trans-Saharan
trade routes and the Niger river. Salt and Islamic manuscripts
came from the North, and gold, slaves and ivory came
from the South, all contributing the importance and
intellectual wealth of Timbuktu.
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