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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-12-06 12:31 AM
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6. Medieval Timbuktu once had one of the greatest universities in the Muslim world.
The Mali Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world during that time period. I'm assuming most educated peoplem have heard about the Mali king who gave out so much gold to the poor of Egypt while on the way to Mecca that he caused a bout of inflation that scewed up the Egyptian economy for years!!!
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  - this stuff always fascinates me  JI7   Nov-12-06 12:00 AM   #1 
  - thank you for posting this...  CitizenLeft   Nov-12-06 12:03 AM   #3 
  - Wow. Imagine what's going to come out of that! How exciting! nt  Miss Chybil   Nov-12-06 12:03 AM   #2 
  - Really fascinating stuff- thanks! n/t  Poll_Blind   Nov-12-06 12:04 AM   #4 
  - My Garveyite gradfather always reminded us  malaise   Nov-12-06 12:04 AM   #5 
  - Medieval Timbuktu once had one of the greatest universities in the Muslim world.  Odin2005   Nov-12-06 12:31 AM   #6 
  - Mansa Musa was that king  Ignacio Upton   Nov-12-06 05:55 PM   #13 
  - The Great Year  pberq   Nov-12-06 11:21 AM   #7 
  - indeed  arcane1   Nov-12-06 05:12 PM   #11 
  - Cool links  yodermon   Nov-13-06 09:26 AM   #20 
  - As a librarian, thanks for posting this!  XanaDUer   Nov-12-06 11:22 AM   #8 
  - I first heard about these texts a few years ago.....  Jade Fox   Nov-12-06 11:24 AM   #9 
  - now that iraq's history is all but destroyed  mopinko   Nov-12-06 12:12 PM   #10 
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  - "At least as old as the European Renaissance." Are you kidding?  philly_bob   Nov-12-06 09:34 PM   #15 
  - thanks  Jcrowley   Nov-12-06 09:46 PM   #16 
  - Not THAT is a story!  Timbuk3   Nov-13-06 07:05 AM   #18 
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