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Djenné-Djeno and Djenné

c. 250 BCE-present, changing settlements · Mali

Djenné-Djeno documents early urbanism in the Inland Niger Delta, while later Djenné became an Islamic market and scholarly town.

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How the setting appeared

Earthen houses, mounds, markets, waterways and floodplain fields formed changing settlement clusters; monumental mosques belong to later phases.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DJENNE-DJENOCIT-CORE103-DJENNE-MET Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Farmers, fishers, herders, potters, traders and scholars coordinated seasonal life across river and floodplain communities.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DJENNE-DJENOCIT-CORE103-DJENNE-MET Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Rice cultivation, fishing, herding, iron and pottery production, mud construction and caravan trade supported the towns.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DJENNE-DJENOCIT-CORE103-DJENNE-MET Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Earlier ritual life is known mainly through objects and burials; Islam later structured mosques, scholarship and festivals without erasing local histories.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DJENNE-DJENOCIT-CORE103-DJENNE-MET Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Classical regional worlds
Region: Africa · Mali
Languages and scripts: Early local languages not securely identified; Arabic in later Islamic scholarship; Songhay languages in later regional contexts; Fulfulde in the living Inland Niger Delta
Important people: No individual is centered in this record
Events and changes: Djenne-Djeno was first settled around c. 250 BCE.; The settlement developed into a substantial urban center during the 1st millennium CE through farming, fishing, craft production and regional exchange.; Occupation at Djenne-Djeno declined and ended around c. 1400 CE as later Djenne expanded nearby.; Later Djenne became an Islamic commercial and scholarly center within the Inland Niger Delta.
Evidence confidence: Strong archaeology and living heritage; early Djenné-Djeno and later Islamic Djenné must not be collapsed into one city phase.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DJENNE-DJENOCIT-CORE103-DJENNE-MET Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DJENNE-DJENOCIT-CORE103-DJENNE-MET Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-DJENNE-DJENO

Djenné-Djeno and Djenné: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/116/

whc.unesco.org

CIT-CORE103-DJENNE-MET

Inland Niger Delta

https://www.metmuseum.org/fr/essays/inland-niger-delta

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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