Chapter 6, Lesson 3, The Songhai Build An Empire

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Chapter 6, Lesson 3, The Songhai Build An Empire

• Lesson By Anna Luna, Casey Wood, and Caroline
  Malcolm

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Introduction(Just Listen)

• Mali was beginning to grow in power.
• Until a rival of power took over (Songhai
  Empire).
• Songhai took part in the same trade, which made
  Ghana and Mali rich.
• In the 1300s, Sonhai became so rich and powerful,
  it drew the attention of malis rulers.
• Mansa Musa sent an army to attack and conquer the
  Songhai kingdom.

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The Birth of the Empire

• Malis government became weak
• Songhai regained their freedom
• Before conquered by Mali, leaders of Songhai
  became Muslims.

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• Religion
• They shared a common religion, many of the
  Berbers crossed the Sahara and went to West
  Africa to trade
• Because they were Muslim, Berbers were willing to
  trade with Songhai, who then became richer

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Growth and Conquest

• Songhai grew richer from trans-Saharan trade.
• They built an Empire.
• Songhais growth was responsible for Sunni Ali,
  he became ruler in 1464.
• Worked hard to make Songhai stronger more
  powerful.
• He conquered wealthy trade cities of Timbuktu and
  Djenne were part of Songhai.

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Growth and Conquest

• In 1468, rulers of Mali asked Sunni Ali to help
  fight off Tuareg invaders.
• After invaders were driven off Ali wanted to
  keep the city for himself.
• Then launched attacks against Djenne, Which he
  captured five years later.
• Sunni Ali encouraged people to, work together,
  and build peace between religions.

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Conclusion

• But sadly Sunni Ali died in 1492
• His son, Sunni Beru, took over the Songhai
  kingdom.