Answer:
In 1590, al-Mansur took advantage of the recent civil strife in the empire and sent an army under the command of Judar Pasha to conquer the Songhai and to gain control of the Trans-Saharan trade routes. After the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Tondibi (1591), the Songhai Empire collapsed.
Explanation:
In 1590, al-Mansur took advantage of the recent civil strife in the empire and sent an army under the command of Judar Pasha to conquer the Songhai and to gain control of the Trans-Saharan trade routes. After the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Tondibi (1591), the Songhai Empire collapsed.
Answer:
The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
This sentence is correctly punctuated because it separates the initial adverbial clause with a comma, and then puts another comma before the conjuncting adverb "while," which is correctly used joining two sentences.
