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Title: Africa MiniLesson


1
Africa Mini-Lesson
  • By
  • Evan Schreiber,
  • Colin Seitz,
  • Neil Appleton

2
The Songhai Build an Empire
  • As the empire of Mali was reaching its height,
    the Songhai kingdom was growing
  • by 1300s Songhai became rich and powerful
  • Strong enough to draw attention to Malis rulers
  • Mansa Musa sent army to defeat Songhai

3
The Birth of the Empire
  • Malis government grew weaker, people of Songhai
    rose up and gained freedom
  • Before conquered by Mali, leaders of Songhai were
    Muslims so they shared a religion with the
    Berbers
  • Because they shared religion Berbers were willing
    to trade with Songhai
  • This got Songhai to grow richer

4
Growth and Conquest
  • Songhai grew richer from Sahara trade expanded
    territory
  • Gradually this built an empire
  • Songhais growth was work of Sunni Ali
  • leader in 1464 and worked to unify, strengthen,
    and enlarge the kingdom
  • Much of land got from Mali
  • In 1468 Mali asked Sunni Ali to help fight off
    Tuareg invaders

5
Growth and Conquest
  • Ali agreed to help but when he drove out the
    invaders he kept city for himself
  • There he launched attacks to Djenne
  • Ali encourage everyone to
  • work together
  • build peace between religions
  • participate in both Muslim and local religions
  • As result he brought peace to Songhai

6
Quiz
  • What was the Songhais capital?
  • Gao
  • Timbuktu
  • Djenne
  • Niger
  • 2. Who did the Songhai trade with in the Sahara?
  • Griots
  • Askias
  • Berbers
  • Kentes
  • 3. What religion did most of the Songhai
    practice?
  • Christian
  • Muslim
  • Hindu
  • Judaism
  • 4. How did the religion help trade in the
    Trans-Saharan trade?
  • Muslims wanted to build peace with Africans
  • The traders shared the religion with the Songhai
  • Both traders needed resources so religion was
    disregarded
  • The religion caused a fight among traders
  • 5. How did Sunni Ali build peace within
    religions?
  • He required everybody to be Muslim
  • He required everybody to follow local religions
  • He demanded everybody must stop practicing any
    religions
  • He practiced both Muslim and local religions to
    keep everybody happy
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