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Judar Pasha, conquering sub-Saharan Africa to control gold routes
In the 1590s, Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur appointed Spanish military leader Judar Pasha to lead a campaign, conquering the Songhai empire in West Africa. Thanks to his army, Morocco took control ...
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What was precolonial West Africa like?
Askia Muhammad I was overthrown by his son in 1528, and the Songhai Empire's power declined throughout the 1500s. In 1591 the Moroccan army, which was well-equipped with canons and early types of ...