Timbuktu+Historical+Timeline

=Timbuktu Timeline=

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=Origins: 40,000 B.C. – A.D. 1330=

A.D. 1324 - Mansa Musa makes a pilgrimage to Mecca.
=Golden Age: A.D. 1330 – 1591=

A.D. 1510 - Leo Africanus visits Timbuktu and describes it as an exceedingly rich city.
=Decline and Rebirth: A.D. 1591 – 1805= = =

A.D. 1591 - Moroccan army crosses the Sahara and seizes Timbuktu, burning most of its libraries.
=Colonization: A.D. 1805 – 1960=

through the desert, arrives soon afterward. France annexes most of the region.
=Modern Timbuktu: A.D. 1960 – Present=