Men in traditional attire gathered inside a tent, studying a large map on a table, with a desert and camels visible outside at sunset.

Jealous of the Songhai’s control over the salt mines in the Sahara and facing their own economic crisis, the Moroccans, a northern neighbor of the Songhai, devised a plan to reach and conquer the mines. However, their strategy had consisted of the invasion of some of the Songhai's cities, including important ones like Timbuktu and Gao. See more