Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali West Africa, once a flourishing center of trade and Islamic learning during the 15th and 16th centuries.

The city's wealth and reputation were built on its strategic position at the crossroads of trans-Saharan trade routes, dealing in salt, gold, ivory, and slaves.

Timbuktu's fabled status was such that it became synonymous with a remote, almost mythical place in Western perception.

The famous Timbuktu manuscripts consist of hundreds of thousands of important texts and academic documents dating back to the 13th century.

Locals whisper legends of the "Desert Mami Wata," a spirit said to guard the ancient manuscripts, leading those unworthy away into endless sand dunes, never to return.

Timbuktu was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988 due to its many mosques, tombs and important monuments that reflect its golden age.

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