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Songhai's Askia Dawud: The Peace That Built an Empire
Askia Dawud ruled Songhai for nearly 40 years, but his reign is often overshadowed by his father's conquests. This episode explores how Dawud turned war spoils into lasting infrastructure, built the Sankore madrasa into a world-class university, managed a sprawling bureaucracy without rebellion, and navigated the cultural tensions between Islamic scholars and traditional Songhai elites. We dive into his intelligence network of farari spies, his patronage of the Tarikh al-Sudan chronicle, and how his long peace set the stage for the empire's sudden collapse after his death. Along the…
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