Importance of Timbuktu Flashcards
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Importance of Timbuktu
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- gave songhay religous legitimacy
- increased trade of cloth in trans saharan trade
- marked songhay on the map as point of islamic jurisuprudence
- timbuktu allowed for the ulemas to give legitmacy to its leaders through their account of the rulers - like ture welcoming them back into the empire
