the+regions+of+Songhai

The regions of Songhai consist of the location, landforms, soil, climate, vegetation, and political system, and religion.


 * The landforms** of Songhai are mountains, rivers, grasslands, and deserts. The desert that the Songhai kingdom was in is called the Sahara desert, a huge desert covering the northern side of Africa. The river that flows through Songhai is called the Niger River; it now flows through what is called Nigeria.


 * The location** of ancient Songhai is West Africa partly in the Sahara desert with the Niger River flowing through (as show in the picture above). Some of the states that Songhai was are Nigeria, Chad, Liberia, Ghana, and Mali. Ghana and Mali now states were ancient African kingdoms too.


 * The soil** of Songhai was nice and fertile making it easy to farm. The soil in other parts of Africa was becoming really dry making it hard to farm, so everyone moved west words in the direction of Songhai because of the good soil.


 * The climate** of Songhai was very dry and hot with very little rainfall.


 * The vegitation** of Songhaiwas palm nuts, kola nuts, yams, and fruit.


 * The political** system of Songhai was kings. The Songhai Empire was ruled by kings. Songhai's greatest kings were Sonni Ali Ber and Aski Muhammad. Sonni Ali helped increase Songhai’s power making it the strongest Sudanese kingdom while Aski Muhammad helped Songhai reach its greatest extent. Mali was weakened in the 15th century making it easy for Songhai to attack. Sonni Ali conquered Mali with Horse men and war canoes. Songhai started to grow to its greatest extent while Mali was weakened.


 * The religion** of Songhai was Muslim but the 15th king switched it to Islamic.

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