Timbuktu: Monotheism Travelogue: Home

Broad-Based Sources on Multiple Topics:

• Ibn Battuta- Fordham Sourcebooks (website)

• "Al-Bekri and Leo Africanus." Middle Ages Reference Library, (Database-Gale eBooks)

• Timbuktu: Unesco (website-video)

• South African History Online (website)

• BBC- Timbuktu manuscripts and more (website)

• Musa I - transportation and architecture (Britannica database)

Religion 

• Mosques- (database- Gale)

• Timbuktu: Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (website) 

• Islam and Politics in West Africa  (database- Jstor)

Architecture/City Planning

• Djinguereber mosque (website)

• Cities in Medieval Africa (database- Infobase) - look at the intro and sections headed “City Plans in Midieval Africa” and “Timbuktu” 

• Jengereber Mosque- (database/image- infobase)

Recreation

• Leisure, Recreation, and Daily Life: Overview (database-Gale)

Trade/Economic Activity

• The Road to Timbuktu: trade & empire (database- Jstor)

• Mining, Quarrying, and Salt-Making in Midieval Africa (database- Infobase)

• World’s Toughest Job: Salt Miner (website-video) - modern video, ancient techniques that have been used for 1,000 years

• THE IMAGE OF TIMBUKTU IN EUROPE BEFORE CAILLIÉ- (database-Jstor)

Transportation

• The Camel Caravans of the Ancient Sahara (web)
• Timbuktu in Time and Space: Maps

Government

• Mansa Musa- emperor (database-Gale)

• Islam and Politics in West Africa  (database- Jstor)

Education/Places of Learning

• Universities (.PDF)

• Elusive Libraries of Timbuktu (database-Jstor)

Art and Music

• Timbuktu manuscripts (web)

• Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time (web)

• Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: A Block Museum Exhibit Reveals the Glory of Africa’s Medieval Past (web) 

Social Class Structure

Leisure, Recreation, and Daily Life: Overview (database-Gale)