Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history

Timbuktu civilization began as a seasonal settlement for trade caravans in the early 11th century. It later flourished in trade and as one of the early African centres of Islamic culture. This paper reviews the trend of Timbuktu civilization from prehistoric period up to the current state of its p...

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Main Authors: Shuriye, Abdi Omar, Sh. Ibrahim, Dauda
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Published: Publishing, Rome-Italy 2013
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spelling iium-325012013-11-04T06:57:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32501/ Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history Shuriye, Abdi Omar Sh. Ibrahim, Dauda BL Religion D History (General) Timbuktu civilization began as a seasonal settlement for trade caravans in the early 11th century. It later flourished in trade and as one of the early African centres of Islamic culture. This paper reviews the trend of Timbuktu civilization from prehistoric period up to the current state of its political impact of the region. The paper further focuses on the role Timbuktu played in African history by serving as academic and commercial centre. The significant of this paper is to reveal the fact that Africa has a long Islamic civilization. The paper provides evidences from reliable sources of the symbolic representation of the impact and influence of the early schools and universities between 11th and 15th century that existed in West Africa. The manuscript of Timbuktu serves as a living testimony of the highly advanced and refined civilization in Africa during the middle ages. The history of monuments, artefacts as well as architectural land marks that signifies the historical origin of this ancient city is presented. The early heroes that stood firm towards the development and civilisation of Timbuktu are outlined. Analysis of the development as well as the factors that led to the civilization is presented in this paper. Publishing, Rome-Italy 2013 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32501/1/Timbuktuh_civilization_and_its_significant_to_islamic_history.pdf Shuriye, Abdi Omar and Sh. Ibrahim, Dauda (2013) Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 4 (11). pp. 696-704. ISSN ISSN 2039-9340 http://www.mcser.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=25&Itemid=64
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Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history
description Timbuktu civilization began as a seasonal settlement for trade caravans in the early 11th century. It later flourished in trade and as one of the early African centres of Islamic culture. This paper reviews the trend of Timbuktu civilization from prehistoric period up to the current state of its political impact of the region. The paper further focuses on the role Timbuktu played in African history by serving as academic and commercial centre. The significant of this paper is to reveal the fact that Africa has a long Islamic civilization. The paper provides evidences from reliable sources of the symbolic representation of the impact and influence of the early schools and universities between 11th and 15th century that existed in West Africa. The manuscript of Timbuktu serves as a living testimony of the highly advanced and refined civilization in Africa during the middle ages. The history of monuments, artefacts as well as architectural land marks that signifies the historical origin of this ancient city is presented. The early heroes that stood firm towards the development and civilisation of Timbuktu are outlined. Analysis of the development as well as the factors that led to the civilization is presented in this paper.
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author Shuriye, Abdi Omar
Sh. Ibrahim, Dauda
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title Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history
title_short Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history
title_full Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history
title_fullStr Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history
title_full_unstemmed Timbuktu civilization and its significance in Islamic history
title_sort timbuktu civilization and its significance in islamic history
publisher Publishing, Rome-Italy
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/32501/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/32501/1/Timbuktuh_civilization_and_its_significant_to_islamic_history.pdf
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