Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region

Mali

Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region has 44 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.

Eartha Kitt

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Weston, Connecticut

al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Dellys, Boumerdès

Trans-Saharan slave trade

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Far North Region (Cameroon) | Southern Kaduna

Archimedes' screw

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Texas City, Texas | Edmonston, Maryland

Mansa Musa

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Niger | Mali

Tuareg languages

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Ténéré, Niger and Chad | Tanezrouft

Mali–Niger border

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Andéramboukane, Ménaka | Ménaka Cercle

Saadian invasion of the Songhai Empire

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Morocco | Gao, Gao

Tarikh al-Sudan

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Kebbi Emirate | Taghaza, Mali

Battle of Tondibi

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Say, Niger | Taghaza, Mali | Bilanga, Gnagna Province

Saadi dynasty

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Larache, Larache | Hombori, Mopti Region | Taghaza, Mali

Ansar Dine

Connects Timbuktu, Tombouctou Region to: Gao, Gao | Azawad | Aguelhok, Kidal Region | Kidal Region | In Khalil, Kidal

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