Which of the following statements about medieval songhai is not true?

a) it was a prosperous trading kingdom.
b) most of it’s people continued to worship the old songhai gods.
c) it’s capital, cairo, was on the bend of the niger river.
d) the muslim empire of mali conquered large stretches of songhai
e) around the year 1000, its rulers converted to islam.

The medieval Songhai did not have the capital of Cairo, therefore the given statement “its capital, Cairo, was on the bend of the Niger River” is false.

Option C

Explanation:

The empire of Songhai is a medieval state which has the capital of Goa with its historical significance during the post classical era. Later to which, it was replaced into Mali.

Cairo is the capital of Egypt. Rest other option stating its prosperity about trading and to worship the Songhai Gods is absolutely true. Religious belief of Islam took over the Mali and so option D and option E is also true.

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