WH2.1C Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu VIDEO

When Timbuktu was first founded around 1100 CE, what was it mainly used for?

• A major academic center.

• A military stronghold.

• An unremarkabale trading post.

• A religious pilgrimage site.

Which two important trade routes met in Timbuktu, helping it become rich?

• Silk and spice routes.

• Salt and gold routes.

• Ivory and timber routes.

• Textile and pottery routes.

What made Timbuktu’s “Golden Age” during Askia Muhammad Toure’s rule special?

• Strict adherence to religious dogma and suppression of secular studies.

• A period of isolation and decline in trade.

• Flourishing intellectual life, with studies in both religious and secular topics.

• Expansion of military power and territorial conquest.

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Which of these events did NOT seriously damage Timbuktu’s history of learning and knowledge?

• The Songhai conquest.

• The Moroccan conquest.

• Families burying books in their gardens.

• French colonial forces seizing control.

How did Timbuktu scholar Abdel Kader Haidara help keep the old manuscripts safe during the 2012 civil war?

• He sold them to international collectors for safekeeping.

• He publicly displayed them to deter destruction.

• He evacuated them to a nearby city.

• He burned them to prevent them from falling into enemy hands.