Songhai (Civ7)

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Songhai
Civilization of the Exploration Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Attributes	Economic Militaristic
Civ ability - Tarikh al-Sudan
Increased Resource Capacity in Cities on Navigable Rivers. Your Trade Ships cannot be Plundered on Navigable Rivers.
Unique
Civics	Ships of the Desert Hi-Koi Kanta
Military unit	Gold Bangles Infantry
Civilian unit	Tajiro
Infrastructure	Caravanserai
Notes
Associated wonder	Tomb of Askia
Starting biases	Navigable Rivers Desert Plains Coast
Age unlocks
Requirement	Have 3 Settlements with at least 3 Navigable River tiles each.
Unlocked by	Aksumite   Egyptian   Amina
Unlocked by	Aksumite   Egyptian   Amina
Unlocks	Buganda
Unlocks	Buganda
Geography & social data
Empire name	Songhai Empire
Demonym	Songhai

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The Songhai people represent the Songhai Empire, an Exploration Age civilization in Civilization VII.

The Songhai's civilization ability is Tarikh al-Sudan, which increases Resource Capacity in Cities on Navigable Rivers and grants Trade Ships immunity to plundering. Their associated wonder is the Tomb of Askia, and their unique components are as follows:

• Unique units: Gold Bangles Infantry (military), Tajiro (civilian)
• Unique improvement: Caravanserai
• Unique civics: Ships of the Desert, Hi-Koi, Kanta

Intro

As the Empire of Mali faltered, their Songhai vassals rose up to form one of the largest states in Africa. Songhai revitalized Islam in the region, renewed the academic community in Timbuktu, and controlled the trans-Saharan trade. But the empire’s days were numbered when the Moroccans invaded, armed with gunpowder and seeking new routes for their own prosperity.

Strategy

TBA

Civilopedia entry

Songhai (Civ7)/Civilopedia

Cities

Main article: Songhai cities (Civ7)

Trivia

• The Songhai civilization's symbol is a pattern commonly found in bògòlanfini, traditional mud-dyed cloth.
• The Songhai civilization ability is named after a West African chronicle written in Arabic around 1655 by the Timbuktu chronicler 'Abd al-Raḥman al-Sa'di, describing the history of the Songhai Empire.
• The Songhai background art depicts a market in the city of Djenné, with the Great Mosque of Djenné visible in the background.

Soundtrack

Main article: Soundtrack (Civ7)

Original track	Based on	Composed by	Performed by	Length
"The Songhai Empire (Exploration Age)"	Takamba	Roland Rizzo	Amadou Kouyate, Sandro Friedrich, Niccolo Seligmann, & Geoff Knorr	4:30

Gallery

Songhai city in game

Videos

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Songhai teaser

Songhai - Exploration Civ Theme - Civilization VII Original Soundtrack

Songhai - Exploration Civ Theme

See also

• Songhai in other games

External links

• https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/civilizations/songhai/

Civilization VII Civilizations [edit]
Antiquity	Aksumite Egyptian Greek Han Khmer Mauryan Maya Mississippian Persian Roman
Exploration	Abbasid Chola Hawaiian Incan Majapahit Ming Mongolian Norman Shawnee1 Songhai Spanish
Modern	American Buganda Imperial French Meiji Japanese Mexican Mughal Prussian Qing Russian Siamese
1 Requires DLC