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Event trade Africa

Timbuktu

1100 CE

Major intellectual and trade center on trans-Saharan…

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City in Tombouctou Region, Mali

Timbuktu on Wikipedia.

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Landmark · Africa

Timbuktu

1100 CE – still standing

Major intellectual and trade center on trans-Saharan routes

Standing in 1100 CE

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Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Khoiasan Polity · Africa 1500 BCE – 1500 CE Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Mississippian Chiefdom Wars Conflict · Americas 800 CE – 1500 CE Borobudur Landmark · Oceania 800 CE – still standing Venice Landmark · Europe 800 CE – still standing

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1100 CE Kanem-Bornu Wars 1100 CE Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars 1100 CE Great Zimbabwe 1100 CE Hormuz 1100 CE Gedi Ruins 1100 CE Grossmünster

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Timbuktu Flickr user: Emilio Labrador Santiago de Chile https://www.flickr.com/people/3059349393/ · CC BY 2.0