Social Studies - Songhai Flashcards
Social Studies - Songhai
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| 408117977 | Sunni Ali | Leader of Songhai who stormed into Timbuktu and drove out the Berbers. | 0 | |
| 408117978 | What did Sunni Ali develop? | New methods of farming; organized the boatmen of the Niger River into the beginnings of a professional Navy. | 1 | |
| 408117979 | Rise of Songhai | in 1591 a small army from the arab kingdom of morocco crossed the sahara desert. | 2 | |
| 408117980 | Why were the Moroccans able to defeat the Songhai's? | They had cannons, guns and gunpowder while the Songhai had swords, spears and bows. | 3 | |
| 408117981 | Why didn't the Moroccans ever control the Songhai territories? | Natural disasters, radios and the European slave trade. | 4 | |
| 408117982 | Songhai Government | divided the empire into provinces. | 5 | |
| 408117983 | Muhammad Ture | Took over Songhai's government after Sunni Ali died; led a military coup; created a standing army where everyone advanced based on their own merit. | 6 | |
| 408117984 | Muhammad Ture | He was a muslim | 7 |