AlexM1217
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Which best describes Songhai under Askia Muhammad?
a powerful trading empire that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean across much of West
Africa
an empire whose capital city of Kilwa was a center of Islamic culture and learning
a small kingdom on the Niger River that owed allegiance to Mali
a powerful empire that grew wealthy trading with the people of the Swahili coast

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cafa1988

a powerful trading empire that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean across much of West  Africa.

Explanation:

  • When Sunni Ali died in 1492, he was succeeded by his son Sunni Bare.
  • However, Bare was a weak ruler and was overthrown in 1493 by Askia Muhammad, a former general in Sunni Ali's army.
  • Muhammad expanded the empire to its largest borders and controlled trade routes in North Africa.
  • He established an effective administration and protected everything he acquired with a permanent army and a fleet of war canoes.

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Answer:

D. A powerful trading empire that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean across much of West Africa

Explanation:

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