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as Mali Empire was reaching its height, another rival was growing in power too that rival was the Songhai Kingdom from capital Gao, this kingdom became rich from using the same trading that made Mali and Ghana so rich The Songhai had become rich and powerful in the 1300's they had caught the eye of Mali rulers Mansa Musa sent his army to conquer the kingdom Songhai didn't remain under Mali's control for long as Mali's government grew weaker, the Songhai people rose up and regained their freedom before they were conquered, Songhai Leaders were Muslim the Berbers were also Muslim, so they were willing to trade with the Songhai as a result, the kingdom became even richer as the Songhai grew rich because of trade they eventually became an empire although the money helped, most of Songhai's growth came from one ruler; Sunni Ali before he had taken over, the state was disorganized and poorly run he worked hard to enlarge, strengthen and unify it much of the land that he gained was Mali land as king he encouraged all people to work together to build peace in between religions he took part in both Muslim and local religions because of that he brought peace and prosperity to Songhai Reading Check: What did Sunni Ali achieve as ruler of Songhai? He brought peace and prosperity to Songhai and he gained more land. he straitened out the state and conquered Timbuktu and Djenne, both major trading cities.