The important natural resource in West Africa that the Songhai Empire controlled was salt. This salt was predominantly found in the Sahara desert - there are still a lot of salt mines in this West African desert. The Songhai Empire heavily relied on salt trade, which brought most of its money into the empire - this is the reason why it was so powerful at the time - because of salt and gold.
<u>Upon reaching China, Marco Polo entered the court of powerful Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to help administer the realm.</u>
Anahuac is the name of the area the battle took place although i dont know the real name but judging by the way most battles are named i think it would be the battle of anahuac
