Rise and Fall of The Songhay Empire

The Songhay Empire better known as Songhai was a state that thrived in the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century.
At its height, it was one of the largest states in African history. One of its greatest rulers Sonni Ali established Gao as the capital of the empire. Other notable cities in the empire were Timbuktu and Djenné. Initially, the Sonni dynasty ruled the empire from 1464–1493, but it was later replaced by the Askia dynasty from 1493–1591.

[banji_coalgameplay]

thanks for this pls post more it increased my level of history

[nakheelsingh]

Thank, Has a lot of factual information

[FromNothing]

Would be good if it wasn't a direct plagiarism from the Wikipedia article and if the Songhai people weren't constantly drawn as Greeks and/or white.

[Vihaan_dance]

Thank you so much helped me a lot information

[mogiwarayassine]

Great video
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Greetings from Morocco ( like&subscribe). We are sorry for the occupation of Songhai empire, but at that time, Morocco faced Portugal and the Ottomans, and if Morocco had not occupied Songhai and used its resources to equip a strong army, it would have been occupied by the great powers at the time(spain - ottmans - portugaeuse )
Please make a video about the history of Morocco and the successive Moroccan dynasty

[ryankeeten]

Thanks for getting myself into a 4 page essay. But great vid though.

[oyebolafrancis]

What about the Askia dynasty, but the video was amazing

[secondexodus]

You missed the Jewish history of the Songhai empire

[kazunguzampyeri]

who are the current bloodline ancestors of songhai people?

[joangrant]

Did you miss out the annual tribute that Songhay had to pay Morocco?

[ksankofa]

The characters depicted are light skinned.. is this historically accurate?

[develentsai]

How can it looks like Roman soldier??? Misslead people!