Songhai's+People

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===Government: The government of Songhai is a black trading government. They obey strict Muslim laws. They are called a black trading state because the Songhai empire was a trading one and they were the center of trading, they controlled all the trade routes.===

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===Architecture: Songhai's architecture is very islamic and african. They used alot of Islamic designs and one of the most famous buildings that have the best Muslim designs is the Friday Mosque. The mosque had flat roofed walls supported by plaster-like butresses topped with finnials. The huge towers reflected of Islamic designs and the two horns sticking out of the towers was a local feature for the Songhai empire's buildings.=== http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/fzfeens/photo_3/02_Fatepuri%20Masjid%20Mosque.JPG ===Economy: Songhai's economy was really good because they had an abundant amount of gold which they traded for west african items or European items. They had a city called Djenne and that was the center of trading.=== === http://www.flatbed-scanner-review.org/gold_coin_collecting_scanner/gold_coin_collecting_Brit_4.jpg Religion: The Songhai's Religion is mostly Islamic, but there are other religions such as christian and so on. The city of Djenne was split in half and one side of the city was for Christians and the other for Muslims.=== === http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031127/him.jpg Transportation: The transportaion for Songhai is mostly camels and occasionaly horses. They usually traveled in caravans ( of camels) around the desert and only stopped at water holes to let their camels rest and drink. Water holes were usually found all around the desert. If there was a trade going on between countrys they would have a huge caravan of items and guards who would protect them until the trading site.=== === http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/photogallery/ngccore/images/primary/camel_461.jpg Education: Songhai was also noted as an educated empire. There were alot of scholars in Songhai and the most popular school is the Koranic University. For Example it is like Harvard/Stanford they are the most popular schools of modern day. They learned languages like Koyra Chiini and so on.===