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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
gptkb:ancient_city
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gptkbp:added_to_UNESCO_List_of_World_Heritage_in_Danger
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2012
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gptkbp:climate
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hot desert climate
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:Djinguereber_Mosque
gptkb:Sankore_Mosque
gptkb:Sidi_Yahya_Mosque
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gptkbp:coordinates
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16.7758° N, 3.0094° W
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Mali
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gptkbp:elevation
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261 meters
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gptkbp:founded
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5th century
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gptkbp:governedBy
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gptkb:Tuareg
Mali Empire
Songhai Empire
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Timbuktu historic city
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:manuscript
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Tamasheq
Songhai
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Tombouctou_Region
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gptkbp:notable_for
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gptkb:Timbuktu_Manuscripts
libraries
gold trade
salt trade
mud-brick architecture
Koranic schools
UNESCO restoration projects
intellectual center of Africa
manuscript conservation projects
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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attacked by Islamist militants in 2012
center of learning in 15th and 16th centuries
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Mansa_Musa
gptkb:Ahmed_Baba
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gptkbp:population
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approximately 54,000 (as of 2009)
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gptkbp:postalCode
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52000
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Sahara_Desert
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gptkbp:significance
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Islamic scholarship
trans-Saharan trade
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gptkbp:threats
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gptkb:military
desertification
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gptkbp:timezone
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gptkb:GMT
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gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria
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ii
iv
v
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gptkbp:UNESCO_reference_number
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119
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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1988
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Djinguereber_Mosque
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Timbuktu
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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