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Moroccan Invasion of Songhai

1591 CE

A Moroccan army equipped with firearms crossed the Sahara and destroyed the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi, ending the last of the great West African medieval empires.

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Moroccan Invasion of Songhai

1591 CE

A Moroccan army equipped with firearms crossed the Sahara and destroyed the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi, ending the last of the great West African medieval empires. Morocco gained control of the trans-Saharan gold trade and the fabled city of Timbuktu.

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