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Archers, musketeers, and mosquitoes: the Moroccan invasion of the Sudan and the Songhay Resistance (1591-1612)
Journal of African history • 22 (4) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 457-475
By: Kaba, Lansiné.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article provides a history of the Moroccan invasion and ultimate collapse of the Songhay empire. The aims of the invasion are explained in terms of the wider Mediterranean economic system and the Moroccan need to secure a supply of gold for trade. The author conveys in detail the military debacles, political infighting, and popular revolts that influenced the final outcome.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- External trade
- External relations
- Revolution
- Instigation of war
- Tactics
- Warfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Songhai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1591-1612
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mali and western Niger (middle Niger River region)
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Lansiné Kaba
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63005723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Songhai (African people)