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Wars of the Songhai Empire

1464 CE – 1591 CE

Sunni Ali Ber transformed Songhai into West Africa's largest empire, conquering Timbuktu and Djenné.

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Wars of the Songhai Empire

1464 CE – 1591 CE

Sunni Ali Ber transformed Songhai into West Africa's largest empire, conquering Timbuktu and Djenné. Under the Askia dynasty, Songhai became a center of Islamic learning until Moroccan musketeers destroyed it at Tondibi in 1591.

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