Songhai empire history

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  • The Songhai Empire took place from 1464-1591, while in the 1400's the empire was under the Mali Empire's rule,
  • The Songhai Empire was located in West Africa along the Niger River.
  • The Songhai Empire was first ruled by Sunni Ali, then he was later captured by the Mali Empire as a prisoner.
  • Then in 1464 Ali escaped and took control of a city named Gao and took over, creating the empire and began to conquer trading land such as timbuktu and djenne.
  • In 1493 Askia Muhammad took the throne of the Songhai Empire, putting it at the peak of the empire's power and starting the askia empire and dynasty
  • Askia Muhammad was a devoted Muslim apart of the religion Islam. Because of this the Songhai Culture became Muslim.
  • The government was divided into five sections between the judges and town chief, each led by a devoted Muslim. Although each is lead by a governor the emporer has full power.
  • Slave trade was an important part of the Songhai Empire because slaves were used for important things such as transporting goods like gold for rock salt. slaves were usually captives of wars and sometimes sold to europeans.
  • In the mid-1500's the Songhai Empire began to fall because a civil war broke out and because of internal strife, this was led by judar pasha. By 1591 the Moroccan Army invaded and took over Timbuktu and Gao, causing the empire to collapse. this then led to the creation of the Deni empire.
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