1. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Empire of Songhai Chapter 6 Section 3 Pages 142-151

2. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Songhai grew after gaining independence from Mali. Sunni Ali unified and strengthened Songhai. Sunni Ali participated in both Muslim and local religions.

3. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. General Muhammad Ture took over after Sunni Ali. He took the title of askia, a high military rank, and became known as Askia the Great. Askia the Great made a pilgrimmage to Mecca and encouraged education.

4. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Islam gained influence through trade. Askia set up five provinces with loyal governors. He also created special departments to oversee certain tasks and the first standing professional army in West Africa.

5. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Morocco invaded Songhai to control their salt mines so they could pay for a previous war. They attacked Timbuktu with an army of Moroccan, Spanish, and Portuguese soldiers. They also used cannons and the arquebus, an early form of the gun.

6. Edit the text with your own short phrases. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Songhai trade was weakened when port cities outside the empire became more important. Europeans preferred to trade with Muslim traders. This marked the end of the Songhai Empire.