Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Carsten ten Brink
published on 26 February 2019
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The Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali. Built in the early 20th century CE on the site of an older mosque, the building uses the materials (banco) and design used for a millennium going back at least to the Mali Empire (1240-1645 CE).

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Brink, C. t. (2019, February 26). Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10144/great-mosque-djenne-mali/

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Brink, Carsten ten. "Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 26, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10144/great-mosque-djenne-mali/.

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