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Djenné-Djenno and the Great Mosque of Djenné

c. 250 BCE – c. 1400 CE (Djenné-Djenno); mosque rebuilt 1907

Inland Niger Delta, Mali

Djenné-Djenno, occupied from about 250 BCE, is among the oldest known cities in sub-Saharan Africa; nearby Djenné's earthen Great Mosque, rebuilt in 1907, is replastered by the community each year.

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The earthen Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali, the world's largest mud-brick building
Credit: Ralf Steinberger, via Flickr. License: CC BY 2.0.

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Sources

  1. UNESCO World Heritage Centre, "Old Towns of Djenné" (Primary source)
  2. Susan Keech McIntosh (ed.), Excavations at Jenné-Jeno, Hambarketolo, and Kaniana (Inland Niger Delta, Mali): The 1981 Season (University of California Press, 1994), via Yale eHRAF Archaeology (Scholarly)
  3. Naraelle Hohensee, Smarthistory, "Great Mosque of Djenné" (Scholarly)
  4. Mark Cartwright, World History Encyclopedia, "Djenne Djenno" (Reference)

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