The Kingdom History

Timbuktu sat at the edge of the Sahara, where desert caravans met the river trade. It grew rich from gold and salt but it became famous for learning. Its scholars wrote and collected a huge number of books, on subjects from the stars to medicine to law, and students travelled there to study.

What House TIMBUKTU Stands For

Timbuktu is the house of thinkers. It showed that ideas can make a place greater than gold can. House Timbuktu is for students who love to learn, ask questions, and share what they know.

Other Houses

House GEDE

The Kenyan coast, near Malindi · 12th – 17th century AD

House ZEILA

Gulf of Aden, in the Horn of Africa · About 9th – 16th century AD

House AKSUM

Northern Ethiopia & Eritrea · 1st – 7th century AD