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=__**Songhai's Collapse**__=

__**When Songhai rose to power**__
First Mali rose out of Ghana's empire. Mali had once been a state inside Ghana until it rose into power. A great leader named Mansa Musa had made the empire even better but after his death his sons could not keep the empire together. As the empire became weak, the Songhai kingdom rose into power. Great Songhai kings such as Sunni Ali Ber and Askia Mohammed made the empire even better than what Mansa Musa had done. Songhai had become the most powerful kingdom in West Africa.

**__The fall of Songhai__**
In the late 16th century, the sultan of Morocco wanted West African's gold so he sent an army with 3000 men to the Songhai kingdom. They attacked the capital. Songhai was weak and the Moroccan army destroyed the Songhai kingdom.



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