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369949314SonghaiSub-Saharan Islamic empire tied to Muslim world by the tran-Saharan trade of gold and salt. Built on conquest and military force. consolidated in the Niger Valley by Sunni Ali (1464-1493), it established a central administration, made Timbuktu a major Muslim cultural center and fell to the Moroccans with muskets.
369949315KongoWest African kingdom, financed by trade with Portuguese in the 1480s. Europeans established connections with its king, which were beneficiary for everyone. The kings converted to Catholic.
369949316King Alfonso IKing of Kongo that was particularly successful at converting his subjects. Portuguese desire for slaves undermined his authority and the empire started to decline.
369949317AngolaAlso known as Ndongo, Portuguese-established trading post south of Kongo to expand their slave trade in 1575. Grew as a powerful state.
369949318Queen NzingaAfrican queen that fiercly resisted Portuguese expansion, led her troops in battle, allied with Dutch, but feel to the Portuguese's superior weapons.
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