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Chinguetti
Chinguetti, a medieval Berber city currently under the threat of being swallowed by the desert.
Established in 777, the city served a sole purpose: a trading center. By the 11th century, Chinguetti had developed into a prosperous city, home to several rich traders and elites and the most important trading center in Sub Saharan Africa with several trans Saharan slave routes.
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The ancient city offers unique architecture with beautiful mosques and libraries that testify to the development of written literature and education in Africa long before the coming of the Europeans.
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Its beautiful mosques built with brick and sand were once the principal gathering place for pilgrims and it soon became known as a holy city.