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Drawing of the former home of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable in Chicago as it appeared in the early 1800s. At some time in the 1780s, after the US achieved independence, Point du Sable settled on the north bank of the Chicago River close to its mouth.
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Tourists may flock to Chicago to try authentic, Bisquick-esque Chicago deep dish pizza, which Pizzeria Uno owner Ike Sewell invented in 1943, but there are a score of other foods that originated...
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Mar 8, 2019 · King Sunni Ali. The kingdom of Songhai dates back to at least the 9th century and was contemporary with the Ghana Empire (6-13th century) further to the east. It was dominated by and named after the Songhay (aka Sonhrai), a group of Nilo-Saharan-speaking peoples.
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Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable (born 1750?, St. Marc, Sainte-Domingue [now Haiti]?—died August 28, 1818, St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.) was a pioneer trader who founded the settlement that later became the city of Chicago. He is considered the “Father of Chicago.”
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Jun 27, 2018 · His successor, Askia Mohammed Touré, who founded a new dynasty, the Askiad, ruled from the Songhay capital at Gao, still a town today along the banks of the upper Niger River in Mali. Askia Mohammed made Songhay a great empire by extending its control throughout much of West Africa.
In fairness, the first inhabitant of Chicago was neither Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable nor John Kinzie—it was an as-yet-unknown Native American. Find out about the Black pioneer and trader who founded the famous city of Chicago.
Jun 11, 2018 · World Encyclopedia. Songhai or Songhay (both: sŏng´gī´), largest of the former empires in the western Sudan region of N Africa. The state was founded (c.700) by Berbers on the Middle Niger, in what is now central Mali. The rulers accepted Islam c.1000.
