Sankore University of the Mali Empire

Name: Sankore University of the Mali Empire
Start: 1290
End: 1299

Type Event Region West Africa Time 1290–1299

In the 1350s... [truncated for brevity in display]

Timeline

1290–1295Sankore Mosque · TimbuktuMali's rulers treated Timbuktu as an administrative and trade hub; madrasas around the Sankore mosque enrolled students under imperial patronage, teaching the Quran, jurisprudence, grammar, and astronomy, forming a scholarly community of growing scale.
1296–1299Timbuktu · MaliScholars from Fez, Tunis, and elsewhere, as well as West African locals, reached Timbuktu via Saharan trade routes to lecture and study; manuscripts and scholarly networks expanded, making Sankore a knowledge hub linking the Maghreb and the Sahel.

Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'di's Ta'rikh al-Sudan down to 1613 — John O. Hunwick (2003)
The Meanings of Timbuktu — Shamil Jeppie (2008)