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Why did Timbuktu emerge as a center for Islamic learning? (1 point)
Timbuktu was the political center of the Mali and Songhai empires.
Timbuktu's role as an entrepôt attracted Islamic merchants and scholars to the region.
Timbuktu was an important religious site for pilgrimages by Muslim scholars.
Timbuktu was conquered by the Almoravids, who forced conversion on the people of Mali.
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Timbuktu's role as an entrepôt attracted Islamic merchants and scholars to the region.
(As a trading hub on trans-Saharan routes it drew Muslim merchants, scholars, and books—leading to madrasas and libraries—rather than being primarily a pilgrimage site or the result of Almoravid conquest.)
(As a trading hub on trans-Saharan routes it drew Muslim merchants, scholars, and books—leading to madrasas and libraries—rather than being primarily a pilgrimage site or the result of Almoravid conquest.)
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