HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Yes, they’re true.
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No, they’re not true.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was a great cosmopolitan market place where kola nuts, gold, ivory, slaves, spices, palm oil and precious woods were traded in exchange for salt, cloth, arms, horses and copper.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the height of the Songhai Empire, education was highly valued. The kingdom became a center for learning, with many scholars and students studying at its renowned universities.
Detailed explanation-3: -Home of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas, Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia, recall Timbuktu’s golden age.
Detailed explanation-4: -Timbuktu was the educational capital. Sonni Ali established a system of government under the royal court, later to be expanded by Askia Muhammad, which appointed governors and mayors to preside over local tributary states, situated around the Niger Valley.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sunni Ali became a legendary hero in Songhai folklore. If a prisoner of war had already converted to Islam before being captured, they could not be sold as a slave. A West African storyteller is called a griot. More items