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Siege of Djenné
The Siege of Djenné was a long siege of the trading city of Djenné in the inner Niger delta by the Songhai ruler Sunni Ali. According to the Songhai Empire profile, the city resisted for seven years before surrendering around 1473. Together with Timbuktu, Djenné gave Songhai control of key commercial centres.
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