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In 1449, Agadez became a sultanate, while around 1500 it was
conquered by the Songhai Empire.
At this point, the city had a population of around 30,000 people and was a key
passage for the medieval caravans trading between the West African
cities of Kano and Timbuktu and the North African oases of Ghat, Ghadames, and Tripoli, on the Mediterranean shore.
Decline set in after the Moroccan invasion, and the population sank to
less than 10,000. Agadez was the farthermost point of the Ottoman Empire in African continent until 19th
century. Then it was occupied by the French colonial empire.
The city was ruled by the French from 1900. A rebellion by Kaocen
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