Major conflict1480 – 1530 · 50 years

Songhai Gao Expansion

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
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Gao · Songhai · Niger · West Africa

Songhai expansion extended hegemony over Gao and adjacent Niger River valley territories.

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

What happened

Gao, another major West African commercial center, fell to Songhai military campaigns. Gao's conquest completed Songhai control over critical Niger valley trade routes.

Why it mattered

Gao conquest solidified Songhai regional dominance and trade network control.

Belligerents1

Songhai Empire

ON THE MAPSonghai Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFSonghai Empire Expansion

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Songhai Gao Expansion (1480 – 1530). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/songhai-gao-expansion · Sources & methodology