The Empire collapsed after the Moroccan invasion in 1591 and the invaders chose to make Timbuktu their capital.

The Moroccan invasion of 1591 led to the collapse of the Songhay Empire.

El Wali Amidane (born 26 October 1986) is a Sahrawi human rights activist and an outspoken opponent of the Moroccan invasion of the territory of Western Sahara.

The case of the Moroccan invasion of the Songhay Empire, circa 1591 illustrates the transformational power of the gun, but also the power of native African resistance using a protracted war style.

Following Songhai's defeat by a Moroccan invasion in 1591 at the Battle of Tondibi, the Mali Empire was released from a century's-old pressure on its northern frontier.

Decline set in after the Moroccan invasion, and the population sank to less than 10,000.

In 1963 he was elected President in an uncontested election, and also led Algeria's costly defense against the Moroccan invasion in the Sand war.

The Songhai Empire's eventual collapse was largely the result of a Moroccan invasion in 1591, under the command of Judar Pasha.

The main reason for the Moroccan invasion of Songhay was to seize control of and revive the trans-Saharan trade in salt and gold.

At the time of the Moroccan invasion in 1591, the empire was ruled by Askia Ishaq II.