Q: Who founded the Songhai Empire in the middle Niger and western Sudan region after the breakup of Mali?

A Sonni Ali
B Askia Mohammad I
C Al-Maghili
D Mansa Musa

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Answer: A

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Sonni Ali, who reigned from 1464 to 1492, founded the Songhai Empire in the middle Niger and western Sudan region following the disintegration of the Mali Empire.
He expanded his control over the trans-Saharan trade routes, capturing important trading cities such as Timbuktu and Jenne, and established a prosperous regime based on trade revenues and collaboration with Muslim merchants.

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