Songhai Flashcards
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| 1936118808 | When did Songhai begin? | 1450 ce | 0 | |
| 1936118809 | When did Songhai end? | 1586 ce | 1 | |
| 1936118810 | What was the capital? | Gao | 2 | |
| 1936118811 | Where was it located? | Niger and Burkina Faso | 3 | |
| 1936118812 | Who was the founder? | Sonni | 4 | |
| 1936118813 | What did the leader of Songhai set up? | a Muslim dynasty, bureaucracy with departments | 5 | |
| 1936118814 | What did the leader of Songhai do to the land? | expanded the territory | 6 | |
| 1936118815 | what was the bureaucracy for? | farming, treasury and military | 7 | |
| 1936118816 | What was important to the Europeans in Songhai? | Gold | 8 | |
| 1936118817 | What were Europeans going to do to Songhai? | colonize | 9 | |
| 1936118818 | what where the political boundaries not based on? | ethnic group, language and culture | 10 |