Wonders of Africa: Timbuktu

Timbuktu
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-At one point, I thought Timbuktu was in Alaska. Then I thought it was a mythical city, like El Dorado or Atlantis. After visiting the Wonders of Africa site, however, I have learned otherwise. Ancient Malians have been speculated to be innovators in the iron, ceramic, and cow-herding industries.

-A 1000 year old university is in Timbuktu, called Timbuktu University. This is incredible because, while we might have a misconstrued stereotype that Africans are primitive, they have a University that is older than Harvard and Yale

-Despite being close to Europe, nobody knew of the city until the 19th century. This is amazing, considering that Europeans were trying to colonize everything in sight.