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The Battle of Gao: Songhai's Final Stand Against the Saadians
In 1591, the Saadian army of Morocco crossed the Sahara and shattered the Songhai Empire at Tondibi. But the story didn't end there. When Judar Pasha marched into Gao, he found a city of empty streets and burned granaries. Enter Askia Ishaq II, who had fled with a hundred thousand refugees to the Niger's southern bend. His counterattack, the Battle of Gao, was a desperate gamble: canoes against cavalry, river gods against gunpowder. This episode follows the chaos of that battle, the fall of Gao, and how the empire's heart shifted from the Niger's banks to the swampy lakes…
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