Discovering the Songhay Empire

by Laura La Bella

The history of the Songhay Empire involves many fascinating stories--the interaction of Islam with older paganistic folk religions, the mingling of many different peoples and tribes of west Sudan, royal intrigue that pitted father against sons and brother against brother, epic battles fought in the punishing desert heat, and a ruinous civil war that left the once mighty empire vulnerable to foreign invasion and domination. This is full-bodied, red-blooded...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477718850
• ISBN13: 9781477718858
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Rosen Central
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8