This essay will discuss the dynamic culture of Timbuktu, such as the different trades they practiced and the goods that they traded. Timbuktu was basically the center of trade. Located on the edge of the Sahara Desert and was a famous city of the merchants of the Mediterranean. Something like a market to get products of goods from Africa. Most people traveled to Timbuktu to become wealthy and gain political power.
Timbuktu was famous for the education, which was why most people would travel there. It was also famous for scholars who had reputations of Pan-Islamic. The culture of Timbuktu was created due to the role that each member was given. The women and girls were responsible for cooking and house duties. The could not go to school to get an education because it was only for men. Girls were married as young as the age of thirteen as they were raised to become a mother and wife. A major part of the Timbuktu culture was education and sophistication which started when African scholars gained interest in the prosperity of the city and migrated there.
In the Timbuktu culture there were many different trades that they practiced. They had bakers, who were mostly women who were of families of the nobles of Timbuktu’s sedentary Songai. The baking craft was passed down on to specific families. They would have a specific oven in one neighborhood owned by the family that built it, though other neighbors on the street could use it. During this time many good pastries and breads were made. Even today in Timbuktu the generations of families still live and practice their baking craft. They would usually bake early in the mornings but in neighborhoods that are mostly known for baking breads bake in the evenings. If a special order has been made then the bread is made on a first come first serve basis. If all of the bread is not sold it gets sold to the markets or along tables on the side of the roads. Bread has been a big part of the Timbuktu culture since the Moroccan...