Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Songhai
- Geography
- West africa
- middle of niger river
- extends to the west coast
- Religion
- Islam introduced in 1019
- Other Religions such as magic is still practiced by the Songhai people.
- The groups of magicians
in songhai are called
Sohanti.
- Politics
- monarchy
- urban districts with 35 cities
- Sunni Ali first leader
- Economy
- collected wealth
- trading made up economy
- conquered along trade routes
- Social Structures
- Imperial authority was separated through political, social, and religious leaders.
- Songhai society was organized according to a caste system.
- At the pinnacle of the system were the emperor and his family.
- Achievements
- artistic achievments
- technology achievements
- and they built an
incredible capital of
Gao. Conrad