By the 14th Century important books were written and copied in Timbuktu. The plane making an inaugural air flight from Algiers to Timbuktu in 1920 was lost. At one of the most southerly points of the Muslim lands was the University of Sankore, in Timbuktu, and it was the intellectual institution of Mali, Ghana, and Songhay.

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In 1960, Timbuktu became part of … At its height the University of Timbuktu enrolled 25,000 students a year. Timbuktu’s greatest contribution to Islam and world civilization was its scholarship. Timbuktu was a center of Islamic scholarship under several African empires, home to a 25,000-student university and other madrasahs that served as wellsprings for the spread of … At the center of the city was the University of Timbuktu, one of the oldest universities in world history, being found in the 12th century AD. Learning Institutions of Timbuktu. Located in modern day Mali, the City of Timbuktu was the heart of the Mali and Songhai Empires. It developed out of the Sankore Mosque, founded in 989 by the eru-dite chief judge of Timbuktu, Al-Qadi Aqib ibn Mahmud ibn Umar. (Page of tag Timbuktu) Eventually, a successful airstrip was established; however, today, Timbuktu is still most commonly reached by camel, motor vehicle, or boat. Timbuktu, formerly also spelled "Timbuctoo" and "Timbuktoo" (Berber: Tinbuktu; French: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu), is a city in the West African nation of Mali situated 20 km (12 mi) north of the River Niger on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.The town is the capital of the Timbuktu Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali. Mansa Musa ruled the Malian Empire from 1312 to 1337, at a time when Timbuktu attracted scholars of history and law.