Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a center for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries
Location Country: Mali
This tomb bears testimony to the power and riches of the empire that flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries through its control of the trans-Saharan trade, notably in salt and gold
Tomb of Askia
The largest mud-built structure in the world, the Great Mosque of Djenné has been reconstructed multiple times.
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