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Video
by UNESCO
published on 05 September 2018
Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné in Mali became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was one of the centres for the propagation of Islam. Its traditional houses, of which nearly 2,000 have survived, are built on hillocks (toguere) as protection from the seasonal floods.
Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/116/
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UNESCO. (2018, September 05). Old Towns of Djenné (UNESCO/NHK).
World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1417/old-towns-of-djenne-unesconhk/
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UNESCO. "Old Towns of Djenné (UNESCO/NHK)."
World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 05, 2018.
https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1417/old-towns-of-djenne-unesconhk/.
