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37West African city famous as a centre of scholarshipRECALL
Timbuktu
It flourished under the Mali and Songhai empires
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38Plague pandemic that devastated Europe in the 14th centuryRECALL
Black Death
It killed a large share of Europe's population
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39This West African city became famous for scholarship and manuscripts under the Mali Empire.RECALL
Timbuktu.
Its libraries and learning networks connected the Sahara, West Africa, and the wider Islamic world.
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