Decline

Question 1

Morroco invasion

Answer 1

1591
refused to lift taxes for Mulay Ahmed on salt mines in Taghahza

• lost due to lack of advanced weaponary
• songhai relied on iron and calvary whereas morrocans had cannons due to alliance with english
• after war morrconan sultan ordered for trading hubs ; timbuktu, gao etc to be looted and sacked - took gold

Question 2

Seccesion crisis

Answer 2

3 seccesion crisis temporarly restored before ishaq ii 1548 , kings constantly dethroned

poltical evruthing tension
ulemas reblled in timbuktu

miltary power sused in internal conficts

Question 3

Economy weakened

Answer 3

Sultan Mohammad al-shaykh briefly occupied a mine showering that they were able to assert power of the empire, a further sign of economic decline and loss of legitimacy. The Moroccan occupied the mines again briefly in 1568, showing how economically vulnerable the empire was