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
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
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