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It was under Mansa Musa that Timbuctu became one of the major cultural centers not only of Africa but of the entire world. Under Mansa Musas patronage, vast libraries were built and madrasas Islamic universities were endowed; Timbuctu became a meetin ...
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/MALI.HTM
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- Mud Mosques of Mali
From October 2001 through to March 2002, I continued this work with financial support from the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. A motorized pirogue and a light motorcycle allowed me to travel faster, and reach the most remote parts of the Inner Delta. To ...
http://archnet.org/library/images/sites.jsp?select=collection&key=563
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- Mali, Ancient Crossroads of Africa
The empire of Mali reached in zenith in the fourteenth century but its power and fame depended greatly on the personal power of the ruler. After the death of Mansa Musa and his brother Mansa Sulayman, Timbuktu was raided and burned. Several states re ...
http://mali.pwnet.org/history/history_mali_empire.htm
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- Kingdom of Mali
When we came in the sultan’s presence we said to him: ‘Kiss the ground’ but he refused outright saying: ‘How may this be?’ Then an intelligent man who was with him whispered to him something we could not understand and he said: ‘I make obeisance to ...
http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/materials/handouts/k_o_mali.html
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