7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Invasion of Africa's Greatest Empire
Spaniard Judar pasha was born as diego de guavara, but was captured by moroccan slave raiders as a boy. He rose through the ranks of moroccan society and proved himself a shrewd military commander. His force they mustered to undertake the invasion of africa's greatest empire was tiny. They knew that if reports were correct, an army of tens of thousands guarded the borders of sunghai. But they had a secret weapon that would tip the scales dramatically in their favor - gunpowder.
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