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Re: the modern world of resources
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Jurretta Heckscher <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:44:59 -0500
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On Dec 21, 2005, at 2:01 PM, J. Douglas Deal wrote:

> . . . Timbuktu has incredible old libraries of materials in
> Arabic, holdings that tell major parts of the world's history told
> nowhere
> else--not even on Google. See:
> http://www.sum.uio.no/research/mali/timbuktu/
>

Absolutely.  See also:

http://international.loc.gov/intldl/malihtml/malihome.html

and

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/

This material is going to revolutionize the rest of the world's
understanding of key portions of African history.

--Jurretta Heckscher

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