Question

List out the circumstances in which Timbuktu become cultural and commercial centre of

medieval Africa ?

ANSWER

*Merchants from Venice, Granada and Genoa reached Timbuktu for marketing their


*merchandise such as gold and ivory.


* It was also a centre of slave trade .


* University of Timbuktu was one of the leading centres of knowledge of that period.

*The 'Great Mosque' constructed by Kankan Musa at Timbuktu.​

Answer 1

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