Lesson 2: Trekking to Timbuktu: Trade in Ancient West Africa (Student Version)
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Lesson 2: Trekking to Timbuktu: Trade in Ancient West Africa (Student Version)
For many people, Timbuktu is a metaphor for the mysterious, the remote, or the unobtainable. But the Malian city of Timbuktu was, in fact, once a thriving center of commerce and intellectual activity.
May 11, 2019
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