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Djenne, Also Jenne, Djenné

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CityAlso Jenne, Djenné

Djenneجنّي

A river town in Mali with the largest mud-brick building in the world.

An old centre of trade and Islamic learning in the inland Niger delta. Its Great Mosque, rebuilt in 1907 on the site of earlier mosques, is the largest mud-brick building on earth, and the townspeople replaster it together every year.

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Mali EmpireSonghai Empire

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