Question

What role did Islam play in increasing the importance of the Songhai Empire?

Islamic law helped unify Songhai with its conquered kingdoms.

Islam helped turn Songhai from a military empire to a peaceful one.

Songhai Islamic scholars visited and influenced neighboring lands.

Islam paved the way for Songhai alliances with North African kingdoms.

Answer 1

Please help. I need this as soon as possible.

Answer 2

and I'm really confused, because the logical answer isn't on there. Yes, the Muslim rulers assisted the Songhai empire in conquering its surrounding kingdoms; however, they were always taken over by the Songhai, not unified. I'm just really confused.

Answer 3

@robtobey @thomaster

Answer 4

@Zale101

Answer 5

well, when Sonni Ali invaded Songhai,he also conquered other neighboring lands including the Mali empire and took control of the Timbuktu city along with it's valuable manuscripts. Sonni Ali was a Muslim military leader and his invasion of Songhai influenced the empire, Islam was introduced to the Songahi and some people concerted to Islam, but when Islam took control of the Timbuktu, the enlightenment of Islam was also introduced, causing additional manuscripts to Timbuktu and which the Timbuktu city formed a university of Islamic teachings. So you're question is, Islam took control over Songhai and not unifying other conquered kingdoms. Well, Mali, Ghana, and Songhai were all conquered by Islamic leaders, causing the three civilizations to united. Not by one leader, but the leaders who conquered these three civilizations had similar beliefs system which was Islam. Mali Empire became Islamic in the early 14th century, under Musa I. Almoravid rulers conquered the Kingdom of Ghana.

Answer 6

okay, so out of the multiple choice, what is it?

Answer 7

A is the answer if i were to pick one, but C can also be the answer. Because Islamic scholars influenced the teachings of the neighboring lands, but not sure if they were the songhai islamic scholars

Answer 8

Alright, thank you!

Answer 9

No Problem, i was taught all about this subject this fall semester :D

Answer 10

Just out of curiosity, are you in FLVS?

Answer 11

No

Answer 12

i'm a sophomore and 1/2 in college

Answer 13

Oh, okay. i'm sophomore 1/2 in high school, so this is all studying for my semester finals. But thanks again for your help! I may or may not have more questions, is it okay with you if I tag you in them if I do?

Answer 14

Sure

Answer 15

Wait a second, I just realized something. In answer a (which is also the one I was also leaning towards), it says "islamic law". Would it be D instead since it was more of Islam itself/rulers than the law? Sorry, I just caught that.

Answer 16

maybe not. i'm just going with a, it's the most logical to what was in our curriculum.

Answer 17

well, there's two views of how Islam conquered Songhai and the other 2 civilizations. Some think that the Islamic law caused the convinced the conversion of slam and some think that Islamic leaders forced the people to convert to Islam.

Answer 18

islamic law can also be worded as "Sharia Law"
The spread of Islam to the empires caused them to have similar belief system which also effected their unification. The neighboring lands became similar which encouraged them to attract to each other. If you get what i mean, yet i might not be correct with my answer. But i hope it is lol

Answer 19

yeah, i do. Hopefully lol. History is like the worst for me. I'm not interested at all, but that sounds correct to me. It's accurately logical based on the evidence I've been given.

Answer 20

D Islam paved the way for Songhai alliances with North African kingdoms.
pave means "to cover"
so the sentence will be reworded as
Islam covered the way for Songhai alliances with North African kingdoms.
In my opinion, it did not. The 3 civilizations united because of the spread of Islam

Answer 21

Well I think with the word paved they mean more like "led" instead of cover.

Answer 22

and Sonni Ali caused them to unite

Answer 23

right. i think you're right with a.

Answer 24

Okay, so another question, would you rather have me make a new question or just keep going in this thread?

Answer 25

if pave was meant to be written as "led" then A and D are very similar answers

Answer 26

it just that A is written as Islamic law

Answer 27

right, that's why I was wondering. It's just that inserting the word covers really doesn't make sense in a sentence structure. I don't think it exhbits the same meaning.

Answer 28

which i think it makes no difference of its accuracy

Answer 29

to cover as to block

Answer 30

the only difference between a and d is A) the islamic law vs islam and B) the part where it says "united the CONQUERED Islam kingdoms" in a and "Alliances" in d. using the word alliances is meant as the other countries (mali, etc) were still free from the songhai empire but still worked together as an alliance. And a makes it known that those countries had been conquered by the songhai empire and were being united into one

Answer 31

Because typically if you say that something paved the way for something, you mean that it made a road for it. Made it possible to happen.

Answer 32

all of the questions in this thing are written poorly. there are some upcoming ones that there are 2 extremely plausible answers for, too.

Answer 33

such as this one

The people of the kingdoms of Buganda and Rwanda were primarily what? (5 points)

pastoralists

farmers

traders

fishermen

The people of Buganda and Rwanda originally came from the Bantu migration. The people of that migration began as farmers and ended up becoming more involved in the trading business once Rwanda and Buganda were settled. So what time period do they mean? When those people were farmers or traders? Fishermen is also quite possible since they were along Lake Victoria.

Answer 34

member when i told you that the way of how Islam spread in these civilization are happen to be 2 views. One, the good side of the invasion and the other the bad side of the invasion

Islamic law helped unify Songhai with its conquered kingdoms.
Conquering the kingdoms was what Islamic leaders did to occupy the lands of both the Songhai and the Mali empire. Sonni Ali occupied the Songhai empire (in 1460s) along with conquering its neighboring states.

Islam paved the way for Songhai alliances with North African kingdoms.
or led the way for Songhai alliances with the North African Kingdoms
Yes true, Islam was the cause of unification but the first Answer additionally states "conquering" which is also the cause of Islam to spread. Islam itself didn't unite the empires.

Answer 35

islam by itself*

Answer 36

Yeah, the word "conquering" is what stood out to me, too. What would be your guess for the other question that I said was phrased poorly?

Answer 37

The people of the kingdoms of Buganda and Rwanda were primarily what?
"Primarily" or mainly
the question wants you to know those people were mainly what, what job did most of them do?

Answer 38

I know that. Did you see what I wrote beneath the question about the several occupations?

Answer 39

ok, makes sense
What occupation did Buganda and Rwanada both did?
the question is focussing on that i believe

Answer 40

is it farming?

Answer 41

if Rwanda were traders and not farmers
but buganda joined Rwanada and became traders like them
then i'd say traders would work as the answer because it satisfies both of them

Answer 42

but i think they were both farmers as well as traders.

Answer 43

your right, i just did a quick research and found out that they were farmers as well

Answer 44

this is what my book says :

Also around 2000 BCE, an even larger migration got under way–that of the Bantu-speaking peoples based in the forested lands near the Niger and Benue Rivers. The first wave of the Bantu migrations would occur over the course of 2,000 years. The Bantu, who were primarily farmers, spread south and east, blending with local hunter–gatherers who inhabited the areas that they settled. Historians debate the causes of the Bantu migrations but many attribute the movement to overpopulation. Too many people in the lands of the Niger and Benue River Valleys may have caused some to seek out new opportunities–and resources–elsewhere. As the Bantu peoples spread, they carried farming with them. Over time, the descendants of the first wave of migrants would push farther south, spreading their language and culture throughout the region. In time, as more people settled along the coast, they, too, would become traders.

Answer 45

Farming was necessary in those kingdoms, because when they trade, they trade the items that they farmed with. And from reading that paragraph, farming was an important occupation

Answer 46

so you're saying farming, right?

Answer 47

yeah

Answer 48

don't worry about the time period, you're question want you to now what accupation was primarily or firstly done

Answer 49

Yeah, I was just trying to factor in the time period since they both could have been accurate.

Answer 50

the paragraph states the first, they were farmers, and in time they became traders

Answer 51

Based on this map, , what is the implied difference between trade from Songhai and trade from Mogadishu?

There was a lower volume of trade coming in and out of Mogadishu than at Songhai.

At Songhai, gold was the major export, while at Mogadishu slaves and ivory were.

Trade at Songhai was done by Muslims, while trade at Mogadishu was done by Hindus.

Trade from Songhai was done by camel caravan, while trade in Mogadishu was done by boat.

Answer 52

B and C are completely out. I thought for sure a, but then I realized that mogadishu didn't have any land trade. But then again, we don't necessarily know that songhai traded by camels rather than another land travel. I'm thinking A... Let me know what you think.

Answer 53

D is correct
the trade routes of Songhai was done on land and the trade routes of Mogadishu was done on sea. Sahara people used camels for transportation, so camels were mainly used on trade routes for Songhai since it was done by land, and Mogadishu used boats since it was on sea
i think the statement D is simple but yet true.

Answer 54

Yeah, but can you extract the fact that camels are used from the map? I was just thinking simplistically as in, "What can I conclude from this map?"

Answer 55

And if you look, the trade route from songhai jaunts through the Mediterranean Sea for a little while.

Answer 56

A is abosultely true compared to the Map
Songhhai's population was huge and popular the mogadishu
and the trade routes of songhai is high
i have to go now bye

Answer 57

Okay, so I think I'll go with a simply because it's the thing that can be inferred from the map without knowing any other information about the trade systems.

Answer 58

Okay, thanks for all of your help!