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After the collapse of Mali, the West African kingdom of Songhai emerged. Songhai was the largest

After the collapse of Mali, the West African kingdom of Songhai emerged. Songhai was the largest of the West African trading kingdoms. Like previous West African kingdoms, the West African kingdom of Songhai controlled Trans-Saharan trade. North African salt. for. West African gold.

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After the collapse of Mali, the West African kingdom of Songhai emerged. Songhai was the largest

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  1. After the collapse of Mali, the West African kingdom of Songhai emerged. Songhai was the largest of the West African trading kingdoms.

  2. Like previous West African kingdoms, the West African kingdom of Songhai controlled Trans-Saharan trade.

  3. North African salt for West African gold

  4. In 1464, the people of Songhai captured Timbuktu. Do you remember that Timbuktu was a great center of learning in the West African kingdom of Mali?

  5. Afterwards, the people of Songhai took control of the Trans-Saharan trade routes.

  6. The rulers of Songhai were Muslims. Islam entered West Africa along trade routes.

  7. North African nomads were Muslims. Through trade, Islam entered West Africa. Trade increased cultural diffusion or the exchange of cultural ideas and objects.

  8. Though the West African kingdom of Songhai was the largest of the West African trading kingdoms, it fell in 1591. Moroccans with European guns invaded and attacked.

  9. The West African Kingdom of Songhai only lasted 100 years.

  10. The Trans-Saharan trade greatly increased cultural diffusion.

  11. Rulers built beautiful cities with the wealth from trade.

  12. They encouraged learning.

  13. But the European invention of the gun would tragically change African history.

  14. The Big Five • How did the West African kingdom of Songhai differ from the other West African kingdoms? • How did cultural diffusion influence the rulers of Songhai? • Describe the Trans-Saharan trade. • What led to the collapse of Songhai? • How did the European invention of the gun tragically alter African history?

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