Fall of Civilizations Podcast 7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
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Barth's Discovery
- In 1858, Heinrich Barth explored a ruined city in the African bush.
- His guides told him it was once the capital of Songhai, a great empire.
Sahara Formation & Migration
- Earth's axial precession shifted monsoon rains, creating the Sahara Desert.
- Neolithic people migrated, settling along the Niger River's fertile areas.
Sahel Ecosystem
- The Sahel, a transition zone south of the Sahara, supports diverse life.
- Its ecosystem relies on monsoons, with adaptations for dry seasons.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Last Rest of the Principal Mosque of the Former City
01:37 • 2min
The Fall of Civilizations Podcast
03:46 • 1min
The Songhai People of West Africa
05:15 • 2min
The Sahara Desert
06:51 • 3min
The Niger River in Guinea
10:06 • 2min
The Story of Mali
12:32 • 2min
What Is an Empire?
14:17 • 2min
The Imperial Cycle in West Africa
16:20 • 2min
The New Camel in the Sahara
18:37 • 2min
The Desert Trails
20:20 • 2min
The Origins of Slavery in Africa
22:25 • 2min
The Origins of Gold
24:20 • 2min
The Origin of Gold in West Africa
26:24 • 2min
The Origins of the African Gold Rush
28:00 • 2min
The Wealthiest Man in the World
29:54 • 2min
Mansamusa's Journey to Becoming the King of Mali
32:19 • 2min
The Second King of Africa, Abu Baca
34:20 • 2min
The Importance of the Sahara West
35:53 • 2min
The Origins of Moslems in West Africa
37:40 • 2min
The Law of the Moslem Empire
39:20 • 2min
The Importance of a Mansamusa
40:59 • 2min
Thela St Empire in African History
42:59 • 2min
The Story Telling Tradition of West Africa
44:45 • 2min
The Scribes of Timbucto
46:20 • 2min
The Tarichel Fatas and the Taricel Suden, the Chronicle of the Seeker and the Chronicle of Africa
48:05 • 2min
A Brief History of the Kingdom of Songhai
49:46 • 2min
Gao, Songhai's Greatest Market Place
51:20 • 2min
A Brief History of Mali
53:45 • 2min
Mali's Military History
55:34 • 2min
The Great King Mansamusa's Death
57:18 • 2min
Civil War in West Africa
59:09 • 2min
The Death of King Mansamusa
01:00:44 • 2min
Mali - A History of the Maley Empire
01:02:45 • 2min
The Great Rebellion of Songhai
01:04:50 • 2min
The Story of Suni Ali
01:06:23 • 2min
Suni Ali - The Great Military Leader of Songhai
01:08:17 • 2min
The Songhai - A Novel of Suni Ali
01:09:56 • 2min
The Tactical Tacticism of Suni Ali
01:11:48 • 2min
The Story of Suni Ali
01:13:49 • 3min
Timbukto - The Great Capital of Scholars
01:16:20 • 2min
Timbucto - The City of Books and Learning
01:18:32 • 2min
Suni Ali's Cruelty
01:20:16 • 2min
The Bandiagara Escarpment
01:22:26 • 2min
Askia Mohammed and the King Suni Ali
01:24:07 • 2min
Suni Ali's Death Is a Divine Intervention
01:25:48 • 2min
'Tarich El Fatash' - Suni Ali's Son Baru
01:27:23 • 2min
The Story of Askia Mohammed
01:29:08 • 3min
The New King of Songhai
01:31:50 • 2min
Askia Mohammed - The Polar Opposite of Suni Ali
01:33:26 • 2min
Mohammed's Songhai Empire
01:35:35 • 2min
The Story of Askia Mohammed
01:37:55 • 2min
The Songhai Empire
01:39:36 • 3min
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
01:42:16 • 2min
The Death of Askia Mohammed
01:44:06 • 2min
Daud's Songhai Slavery
01:45:41 • 2min
Songhai - The Last King
01:47:17 • 2min
The Songhai Dynasty of Morocco
01:48:54 • 2min
The Story of the Songhai
01:50:31 • 2min
The Invasion of Africa's Greatest Empire
01:52:43 • 2min
The First Hand Held Guns
01:54:30 • 2min
The Songhai Empire and the Songhais
01:56:24 • 2min
Songhai Military Tactics - The Last African Empire
01:58:18 • 1min
Morocco - The Songhai Army
01:59:47 • 2min
The Songhai Rear Guards of the King - A Memoir
02:01:21 • 2min
The Story of the Songhai Empire in Morocco
02:03:20 • 2min
The Splintering of the African Empire
02:04:55 • 2min
The Songai Princes, Their Adventures and Their Wars
02:06:41 • 2min
The Two Great Timbuto Chronicles
02:08:12 • 2min
The Timbukto Chronicle, the Tarich El Fatash, Is a Remarkable Piece of Literature
02:09:58 • 2min
The Old Man and the Prince Sat in Seclusion for a Long Time
02:11:52 • 3min
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
02:14:34 • 2min
Today, the Songhai Empire is all but forgotten by history. But this medieval kingdom was once the most powerful force in Africa.
Find out how this civilization grew up on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, among some of the most extreme conditions that nature can throw at us. Discover how it grew and flourished, passing through a process known as the imperial cycle, and learn about what ultimately caused its sudden and dramatic collapse.
Credits:
Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas
Voice Actors:
Jake Barrett-Mills
Rhy Brignell
Bryan Tshiobi
Pip Willett
Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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