Songhai Empire under the Askia Dynasty (1540s)

Name: Songhai Empire under the Askia Dynasty (1540s)
Start: 1541
End: 1550

Type Event Region West Africa Time 1541–1550

In the 1540s the West African Songhai Empire still held vast territory and trans-Saharan trade networks under the institutional legacy of the Askia d…

Timeline

1541–1549Gao · MaliAskia Musa inherited the Islamic bureaucratic system established by Askia Muhammad, sustaining the empire through provincial governors and trade tariffs, and continuing to export gold and slaves to Morocco and North Africa in exchange for salt and luxury goods.
1541–1550Timbuktu · MaliAcademic institutions such as the University of Sankore in Timbuktu and caravan relay stations continued to attract scholars and merchants from North and West Africa; Songhai sustained the economic lifeline of West Africa's largest empire by controlling the salt-gold routes and towns such as Djenné.

Sources

Songhai empire https://www.britannica.com/place/Songhai-empire