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The Sankore Madrasah in Timbuktu, Mali, features a tall, conical mud-brick minaret with wooden beams jutting out and an adjoining courtyard wall. Timbuktu The Great Mosque, also called the Djinguereber mosque, in Timbuktu, Mali, features tall, conical mud towers with wooden beams and crenellated walls under a clear sky. Two people stand by the entrance. People in traditional clothing walk through an outdoor market in Timbuktu, Mali, with traders selling goods displayed on the ground under makeshift shelters. Timbuktu Djenné, Mali: mosque
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Timbuktu, Mali: Sankore mosque
Sankore mosque, Timbuktu, Mali.
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Timbuktu, Mali, designated a World Heritage site in 1988.
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Great Mosque (Djinguereber), built by Mansa Mūsā of Mali in the 14th century, Timbuktu, Mali
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Timbuktu, Mali: market
Market in Timbuktu, Mali.
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French explorer René-Auguste Caillié's drawing of Timbuktu, Mali, 1830.
From Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo and across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the years 1824-1828, by René Caillié, 1830
Djenné, Mali: mosque
Mosque of Djenné, Mali.
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