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UNESCO World Heritage Centre (tier 1): the Timbuktu property page calls Timbuktu 'one of the cities of Africa,' founded in the 5th century, whose economic and cultural apogee came in the 15th and 16th centuries as 'an important centre for the diffusion of Islamic culture with the University of Sankore, with 180 Koranic schools and 25,000 students' and 'a crossroads and an important market place where the trading of manuscripts was negotiated'; UNESCO's Mali states-parties page lists Timbuktu among Mali's inscribed World Heritage properties (1988) — establishing Timbuktu as a city in Mali, a medieval centre of learning, and the Sankore/manuscript elements of the stored note (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre (tier 1): the Timbuktu property page calls Timbuktu 'one of the cities of Africa,' founded in the 5th century, whose economic and cultural apogee came in the 15th and 16th centuries as 'an important centre for the diffusion of Islamic culture with the University of Sankore, with 180 Koranic schools and 25,000 students' and 'a crossroads and an important market place where the trading of manuscripts was negotiated'; UNESCO's Mali states-parties page lists Timbuktu among Mali's
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- Also known as: Tombouctou
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- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/119/ (verification source · master store)
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre (tier 1): the Timbuktu property page calls Timbuktu 'one of the cities of Africa,' founded in the 5th century, whose economic and cultural apogee came in the 15th and 16th centuries as 'an important centre for the diffusion of Islamic culture with the University of Sankore, with 180 Koranic schools and 25,000 students' and 'a crossroads and an important market place where the trading of manuscripts was negotiated'; UNESCO's Mali states-parties page lists Timbuktu among Mali's inscribed World Heritage properties (1988) — establishing Timbuktu as a city in Mali, a medieval centre of learning, and the Sankore/manuscript elements of the stored note (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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