the Emperor of Songhai, in 1495 in his capital Gao. It bears testimony to the power and riches of the empire that flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries through its control of the trans-Saharan ...

The Songhai Empire The rulers of the Songhai Empire ... Kongo was known for its ivory, pepper, spices and other trading goods. From the 1480s, Portuguese traders started to travel to the Congo ...