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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Library of Congress - Timbuktu: An Islamic Cultural Center. | Oct 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - The Search for Timbuktu. | Jul 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Cape Town - Tombouctou Manuscripts Project - Timbuktu's History. | Jun 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Who, What, Why: Why do we know Timbuktu? | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Return Ticket - S2 07 | Timbuktu a true story. | Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Timbuktu: A Paramount Mediaeval Centre of Trade and Knowledge (PDF). | Jul 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gresham College - The Manuscripts and Intellectual Legacy of Timbuktu. | May 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Timbuktu: An Islamic Cultural Center. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - From Here To Timbuktu: Myth And Reality At The World's Edge. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Life in Timbuktu: how the ancient city of gold is slowly turning to dust. | Dec 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Cape Town - Timbuktu's History. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Restoring and Rebuilding the Cultural Heritage of Timbuktu. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Restoring and Rebuilding the Cultural Heritage of Timbuktu. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Timbuktu. | Sep 01, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 07, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Timbuktu: History of Fabled Center of Learning. | Feb 19, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Organization of World Heritage Cities - Timbuktu, Mali. | Feb 19, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Timbuktu, Mali. | Jan 06, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Timbuktu for Kids. | Jan 06, 2017 | ||
| Media revised. | Aug 18, 2016 | ||
| Updated with mention of efforts to repair monuments and artifacts damaged by Islamic militants in 2012. | May 04, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Timbuktu, Mali, Africa. | May 12, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Timbuktu, Mali. | Jan 14, 2014 | ||
| Mentioned that Timbuktu was added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger in 2012 and the destruction of historically significant items by Islamic militants. | Aug 06, 2012 | ||
| Population data updated. | Aug 06, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 01, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Timbuktu, Mali. | Apr 01, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Timbuktu Educational Foundation - History of Timbuktu. | Mar 30, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Timbuktu, Mali. | Dec 16, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Timbuktu. | Jul 07, 2008 | ||
| Population data updated. | Feb 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: History.com - Timbuktu. | Feb 01, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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