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Early African Empires and their Global Connections (1627 words) |
 | Askia Mohammad proved a highly effective ruler, extending the empire's boundaries westward to lower Senegal, eastward to Air and north to the Taghaza mines of the Sahara. |
| Mohammad's ties with the wider Islamic world were closer than those of previous monarchs in the region. |
| Even though Askia Mohammad was a pious Muslim, he retained many traditional aspects of Songhay culture and did not try to convert non-Muslims through conquest. |
| Askia Mohammed I (Askia the Great) (807 words) |
| Askia orchestrated a program of expansion and consolidation, ultimately extending the empire from Taghaza in the north to the borders of Yatenga in the south; and from Air in the northeast to Futa Toro in Senegambia. |
| Askia was also setting the stage for the Askia dynasty, systematically removing the surviving members of the preceding dynasties. |
| Askia Mohammmed, regarded as the greatest of the Songhai kings, continued the work of Sunni Ali Ber and built the largest and wealthiest of the kingdoms of the Western Sudan. |
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