Victories by Judar Pasha's gunmen at the salt mines of Taghaza and Tondibi over numerically superior opposition in the late sixteenth century contributed to its collapse.
The demise of this kingdon was assured when its capital was destroyed during the reign of Issihak II. Victories by Judar Pasha's gunmen at the salt mines of Taghaza and Tondibi over numerically superior opposition in the late sixteenth century contributed to its collapse. Islam was established as its state religion by a man who became king after a military victory at Anghoke, expanded the empire with conquests against the Diara and Hausa, and whose title ironically means "usurper." Reaching its greatest size west to the Atlantic and east to Niger and Nigeria under the leadership of Askia Muhammad, for ten points, identify this African kingdom with its capital at Gao, whose early king Sonni Ali conquered the capital of the weakening Mali Empire.
The demise of this kingdon was assured when its capital was destroyed during the reign of Issihak II.
{Songhai} Empire