Islamic Architecture (Nikki's Report)
Islamic Architecture (Nikki's Report)
Islamic Architecture (Nikki's Report)
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15th
15 th and 16th
16th centuries mud, wood Afro-
Afro-slamic
Mali, West Africa
mimbuktu is populated by Songhay
Songhay,, muareg
muareg,, !ulani, and Moorish people, and is about 15 km north of the River
Niger. t is also at the intersection of an east²
east²west and a north
north²²south mrans
mrans--Saharan trade across the Sahara to
Araouane.. t was important historically Rand still is today) as an entrepot for rock
Araouane rock--salt from maoudenni
maoudenni..
ts geographical setting made it a natural meeting point for nearby African populations and nomadic Berber
and Arab peoples from the north. ts long history as a trading outpost that linked west Africa with Berber, Arab,
and Jewish traders throughout north Africa, and thereby indirectly with traders from Europe, has given it a fabled
status, and in the West it was for long a metaphor for exotic, distant lands: "from here to mimbuktu."
Reported by: Nikki M. mucay
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Sources: http://www.islamic-
http://www.islamic-
architecture.info/SLAM.htm