Timbuktu Dbq

Cities in the early world were very important for establishing a kingdom’s dominance, and educating the future leaders of the world. Education, Scholarship, and strong financial and political leadership led to the creation and empowerment of great cities. Timbuktu was a very prosperous city. Timbuktu was raised on the principles of trade and education. The main products traded along the routes of the Timbuktu and ultimately the Songhai Empire were gold and salt. Timbuktu received praise from other countries such as Spain for their trade routes and influence on trade in the world. “Timbuktu was a market town, founded on the principles of trade and exchange” (Evidence B)Timbuktu was one of the education capitals of the early world. It was self …show more content…
As trade expanded in Europe and other places, the trade routes began to shift towards Sea. Inland communities such as Timbuktu and Venice were left out of trade. Cities such as Timbuktu were able to grow and prosper due to trade, the removal of trade from those cities took away their roots and caused them to default to other means of prosper, which did not end up working well for them. “Post Moroccan invasion amount of territory that Songhai had possessed dwindled.” “Pieces of land that were controlled by the Songhai empire were handed over to the Moroccans” (Evidence E). Judging from this evidence, Songhai lost land to the Moroccans, the loss of land weakened the empire and had made them much more vulnerable to future attacks.
Civil War around the area of Songhai and Morocco was not beneficial towards Timbuktu. Civil War broke out leading to more of downfall in the political and social infrastructure of Songhai. “Civil War broke out in the Songhai Empire. Rapid expansion of their territory led to loss of control. Structure of the state apparatus was weakened and climate change and disease were present” (Evidence