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Songhai's Military Machine: The Askia Army
While Timbuktu’s libraries and the Niger River’s trade routes have dominated our coverage of the Songhai Empire, we rarely pause to examine the iron-fisted machinery that held it all together. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dismantle the myth of the decentralized Sahelian state by exploring the Askia Dynasty’s highly professionalized standing army. We trace the evolution from Sonni Ali’s cavalry-heavy tactics to Askia Muhammad’s rigid infantry formations, revealing how a centralized bureaucracy managed everything from soldier salaries to military logistics. You will meet the specific roles…
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