Songhai was invaded by the Moroccans.<span> The Moroccans wanted to control the salt mines.</span><span> They were able to take over Timbuktu and Gao.</span><span> Changes in trade patterns completed Songhai’s fall.
After defeating China in their first war (1894-1895), Japan forced the Chinese empire to cede the island of Taiwan in 1895. And in 1910, the Japanese empire annexed Korea.
