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Timbuktu: The Golden Age of Mali's Intellectual Hub

On the edge of the Sahara Desert in West Africa stood the ancient city of Timbuktu, in present-day Mali. Once a great center of trade, it drew merchants exchanging gold, salt, and ivory. Under the Mali Empire, especially during the reign of Mansa Musa, Timbuktu became a renowned center of learning and culture, filled with scholars, books, and ideas that shaped history.

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