Mali 1
The Mali empire had thrived through controlling local and international trade particularly in what?
gold and salt
Mali conquered the small kingdom of what in 1325?
Gao
What is Mali famous for?
trade routes
why did the Songhai empire decline?
The Songhai empire knew less about technology
West Africa was commonly referred to as what?
The Sudan Region
The Songhai was a Kingdom that arose in the 9th century and was contemporaneous with what empire?
The Ghana Empire
What is the biggest empire in African History?
Songhai
The Songhai rulers conducted repeated attacks on what?
The Mali urban centre
What were the two things that were offered to the sprits
Food and Wine
King Sunni Ali practiced what religion?
Islamic
The captial of Gao has a population of how many people?
100,000 people
The empire spread from the Senegal in the West to what is now what?
Central Mali in the East
What was Ahmad al-Masur al-Dhahabi named?
The Golden Conqueror
Who were the 2 most powerful spirits
Harake Diko and Dongo
How did the Songhai Empire get dominance?
The Songhai empire was a dominant force in trade, education, science and military.
The arrival of the Moroccans was in what century?
17th century
The Songhai ruled over where?
Almost the entire course of the Niger river
Were the Portuguese successful in harnessing Africa's resources? yes or no
no
what was the songhai empire reduced to?
The Mande, Fulbe, Mossi, and Tuareg
who was The Niger River assaulted by who?
Sunni Ali
Sunni the Merciless was known for his what?
for assaulting the enemy with overwhelming for and agility
What king conquered land and split it into provinces?
Sunni The Merciless
Timbuctoo thrived as a what?
As a trade port and centre of knowledge
How many solders in the Calvery did the Songhai have?
30,000 solders
The Islamic Reform Movement that swept the area beginning in what century?
18th Century