Forgotten Fortunes Editorial · Article Discussion
Read the original research: Songhai Empire (1550–1591): Trans-Saharan Trade and the Fiscal Collapse at Tondibi
Story overview: Controlling the Niger River trade highway and the Saharan salt mines of Taghaza, the sixteenth-century Songhai Empire built West Africa’s largest fiscal and commercial state—until dynastic civil wars and Morocco’s English-armed 1591 invasion shattered imperial rule at Tondibi.
Discussion question: Who benefited from the trade arrangements, and who carried the costs?
Have a different interpretation? Share the evidence and explain why.
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