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Explain the significance of Timbuktu in West Africa.(1 point)
Responses.
Timbuktu was the origin point of iron-smelting in West Africa.
Timbuktu was the origin point of iron-smelting in West Africa.
Timbuktu was a popular tourist destination.
Timbuktu was a popular tourist destination.
Timbuktu was a center for learning similar to the institutions that preceded universities in Europe.
Timbuktu was a center for learning similar to the institutions that preceded universities in Europe.
Timbuktu was the capital of the Nok culture.
Explain the significance of Timbuktu in West Africa.(1 point)
Responses.
Timbuktu was the origin point of iron-smelting in West Africa.
Timbuktu was the origin point of iron-smelting in West Africa.
Timbuktu was a popular tourist destination.
Timbuktu was a popular tourist destination.
Timbuktu was a center for learning similar to the institutions that preceded universities in Europe.
Timbuktu was a center for learning similar to the institutions that preceded universities in Europe.
Timbuktu was the capital of the Nok culture.
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GPT-5 mini
Timbuktu was a center for learning similar to the institutions that preceded universities in Europe.
Briefly: from the 14th–16th centuries Timbuktu housed major mosques and madrasas (e.g., Sankore), large manuscript libraries, and drew scholars across the Islamic world, making it a major hub of Islamic scholarship and education in West Africa.
Briefly: from the 14th–16th centuries Timbuktu housed major mosques and madrasas (e.g., Sankore), large manuscript libraries, and drew scholars across the Islamic world, making it a major hub of Islamic scholarship and education in West Africa.