KnowraSonghai EmpireLinked fromLinked fromThe 25 pages that link to Songhai Empire, each with the reason it gives.All 25Broader topic 9Related 10Narrower topic 3Compared with 3Trans-Saharan tradeBroader topic: Its expansion brought major Sahelian cities and trade routes under imperial rule.Mali EmpireBroader topic: Songhai inherited key territories and commercial centers from the weakening Mali Empire.Ghana EmpireBroader topic: Songhai later became the dominant empire in a region shaped by Ghana’s earlier networks.Islam in West AfricaBroader topic: Its rulers supported Muslim scholarship and governed major Islamic learning centers.West AfricaBroader topic: Its river-based power made the Niger bend a major center of regional history.Salt tradeBroader topic: It controlled important cities and routes that handled Saharan salt.Gao EmpireBroader topic: It succeeded the Gao state and expanded its political base into a major empire.History of West AfricaBroader topic: Its growth and conquest by Morocco show the scale and vulnerabilities of later Sahelian empires.Sahelian kingdomsBroader topic: Its expansion made it the largest of the western Sahelian empires.