University of Timbuktu

Q. The ‘great mosque’ built by Kankan Musa was centered around ____________ and ______________.

1. Arabic scholarship
2. engineering
3. Islamic values
4. moral studies

Q. Which of the following universities was located in Timbuktu?

1. University of Padua
2. University of Perugia
3. University of Bologna
4. University of Sankore

Q. By the end of the _____ century, the University of Timbuktu had the largest collection of books since the Library of Alexandria.

1. fifteenth
2. thirteenth
3. twelfth
4. fourteenth

Q. Mansa Musa went to Mecca for political discourse.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which country housed a library that rivalled the library at the University of Sankore?

1. India
2. England
3. Egypt
4. Japan

Q. The ‘great mosque’ built by Kankan Musa was a centre for ivory trade in the medieval age.

1. True
2. False