← 4.4 Historical Sites and Monuments in Africa

Meroe and Timbuktu

Social Studies · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes

Meroe: Kushite capital on the Nile in Sudan, pyramids and iron, UNESCO 2011. Timbuktu: Mali learning and trade city of mosques and manuscripts, UNESCO 1988.

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