The Songhai had been the dominant force…

October 1590 CE

The Songhai had been the dominant force in West Africa for more than a century, controlling the Western Sudan from the headwaters of the Senegal River to what is now Niger and Nigeria.

A rivalry for succession after the 1583 death of Askia Daoud has left the Empire in a weakened state, however.

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Gao Gao Mali View →

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Ahmad I al-Mansur al Saadi View →

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Songhai (Songhay) Empire View → Morocco, Sa'di Sharifate of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Portugal, Habsburg (Philippine) Kingdom of View →

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