Moroccan invasion of Songhai

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The Moroccan invasion of Songhai was a late 16th-century military campaign in which Saadian Morocco used gunpowder-armed forces to conquer and ultimately dismantle the powerful Songhai Empire in West Africa.

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Label	Occurrences
Moroccan invasion of the Songhai Empire	3
Moroccan–Songhai War	2
Moroccan capture of Timbuktu	1
Moroccan conquest of the Songhai Empire	1
Moroccan invasion of Songhai canonical	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Moroccan invasion of Songhai
Context triple: [Askia dynasty, significantEvent, Moroccan invasion of Songhai]

A. War of Tétouan
The War of Tétouan was a mid-19th-century conflict between Spain and Morocco that led to a decisive Spanish victory and the occupation of the Moroccan city of Tétouan.
B. Moroccan crusading campaign of 1578
The Moroccan crusading campaign of 1578 was King Sebastian I of Portugal’s ill-fated military expedition to Morocco that culminated in the disastrous Battle of Alcácer Quibir and precipitated the Portuguese succession crisis.
C. Conquest of Ceuta
The Conquest of Ceuta was the 1415 Portuguese capture of the North African city of Ceuta, marking the beginning of Portugal’s overseas expansion and the wider European Age of Discovery.
D. Battle of Timbuktu
The Battle of Timbuktu was a 2013 military engagement in northern Mali in which French and Malian forces recaptured the historic desert city from Islamist militants during the Northern Mali conflict.
E. Battle of Gao
The Battle of Gao was a key 2013 conflict in the Northern Mali War in which Malian and French-led forces recaptured the strategic city of Gao from Islamist militants.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Moroccan invasion of Songhai
Target entity description: The Moroccan invasion of Songhai was a late 16th-century military campaign in which Saadian Morocco used gunpowder-armed forces to conquer and ultimately dismantle the powerful Songhai Empire in West Africa.

A. War of Tétouan
The War of Tétouan was a mid-19th-century conflict between Spain and Morocco that led to a decisive Spanish victory and the occupation of the Moroccan city of Tétouan.
B. Moroccan crusading campaign of 1578
The Moroccan crusading campaign of 1578 was King Sebastian I of Portugal’s ill-fated military expedition to Morocco that culminated in the disastrous Battle of Alcácer Quibir and precipitated the Portuguese succession crisis.
C. Conquest of Ceuta
The Conquest of Ceuta was the 1415 Portuguese capture of the North African city of Ceuta, marking the beginning of Portugal’s overseas expansion and the wider European Age of Discovery.
D. Battle of Timbuktu
The Battle of Timbuktu was a 2013 military engagement in northern Mali in which French and Malian forces recaptured the historic desert city from Islamist militants during the Northern Mali conflict.
E. Battle of Gao
The Battle of Gao was a key 2013 conflict in the Northern Mali War in which Malian and French-led forces recaptured the strategic city of Gao from Islamist militants.
F. None of above. chosen