Economy They gained controll of all-important trade routes. theay also captured the city of Timbuktu a great triumph for the leader Sunni Ali. Five years later, he took Dejenne, this was a trade city that had a universty. The city fell in 1473. Sunni Ali completed the takeover of Dejenne by marrying the queen.
Years later a new leader named Askia Muhammad set up an efficient tax system and chose able officials. Adding to the centralization government created by Sunni Ali, he appionted officials to serve as ministers.
The main activitys for men to do were millet and rice farming. Since farming was seasonal, they did different things during nonfarming seasons. the jobs they did when that didnt farm as trading, transport, or tailoring.