https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m By (in order of appearance) Kamari, Gabby, Josiah, Brady, and Malachi en-us 2020-09-04 12:15:29 UTC 2025-10-31 08:33:34 UTC hello@padlet.com s12248480 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720632524 The trade goods included gold, salt, slaves, kola nuts, leather, dates, and ivory.]]> 2020-09-04 12:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720632524 s11567229 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720638587 Under the rule of king Askia Muhammad, he converted to Muslim and tried imposing Muslim laws on its citizens and appointed people as Muslim officials for major cities. The Songhai also had control of the trade port in Timbuktu on the Niger River starting in 1469 CE and conquered Djenne in 1473 CE, neither of which gave them access to the gold fields used by Ghana and Mali. Trading allowed the Songhai to receive salts, textiles, horses, cloth, glassware, and sugar.]]> 2020-09-04 12:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720638587 kamarisa05 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720639709 2020-09-04 12:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720639709 s12248480 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720643013 The main imports were salts, textiles, horses, and luxury goods. The salt was especially useful, because it could be traded elsewhere and it kept their meat fresh]]> 2020-09-04 12:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720643013 s12248480 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720649849 Sonni Ali was the first leader of the Songhay Empire. He is best known for conquering Timbuktu and Djenné.
Askia Muhammad was a very devoud Muslim and brought islam to a large part of West Africa in his time. He also just snatched the salt and gold trade from Mali because he could and because it could be profitable.]]> 2020-09-04 12:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/720649849 s12248480 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/726738331 2020-09-08 12:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/726738331 mw1226rcsai1 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/726738747 Their music consists of minor pentatonic scale and recognizable lute fingerpicking style with singing. Songay's art was pottery,and their artifacts were statues like masks and molds.]]> 2020-09-08 12:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/726738747 s12248480 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/726738835 2020-09-08 12:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/726738835 s11567229 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/726826305 Trading salt allowed for them to preserve meat and keep it from going bad. King Mohammad even tried to make Islam as the state religion which failed in the rural areas.]]> 2020-09-08 12:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/726826305 kamarisa05 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/730596140 2020-09-09 12:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/730596140 kamarisa05 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/730604833 https://www.britannica.com/place/Songhai-empire
https://www.worldhistoryedu.com/songhai-empire-history-and-major-facts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askia_Mohammad_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonni_Ali
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songhai_Empire#:~:text=The%20trade%20goods%20included%20gold,living%20along%20the%20trade%20routes.

]]> 2020-09-09 12:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/730604833 s11567229 https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/730658543 King Mohammad's rule of Songhai made people in urban areas adopt Islam while rural areas still believed in animist beliefs. Trading for salt preserved meat which helped to significantly reduce the chance of famine sweeping the empire for the first half of its existence.]]> 2020-09-09 12:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s12248480/4s6n5ginqhic7c8m/wish/730658543