Question

Which factor contributed to Songhai's downfall as a powerful empire?

(1 point)
Responses

a decades-long drought

a decades-long drought

its refusal to participate in trade

its refusal to participate in trade

internal struggles between rulers

internal struggles between rulers

its geographic isolation from other regions

Answer 1

internal struggles between rulers

Succession disputes and civil conflict weakened Songhai politically and militarily, making it vulnerable to outside invasion (notably the 1591 Moroccan conquest).