Question

A ruler of this kingdom ordered all arrowheads fired towards his troops to be collected during a siege of Amsaka. (-5[1])This kingdom’s Duguwa dynasty came to power after (15[1])subsuming the cities of the Sao civilization. (15[3])A ruler of this kingdom legendarily opened a leather-bound mystical item called the mune, which (15[1])Ibn (15[1])Furtu equated to the Ark of the Covenant; (-5[1])that ruler was Dunama Dabbalemi. The rulers of Katsina were forced to send one hundred slaves to this kingdom’s capital at (-5[1])(*) Ngazargamu, (10[1])whose ruins were visited by Heinrich (10[1])Barth (10[1])in the 1800s. Hummay established this kingdom’s Sayfawa dynasty, leading to the spread of Islam throughout this kingdom. This state’s mais, who were listed in the Girgam, included its greatest (10[1])ruler Idris Alooma. For 10 points, name this West African empire based (-5[1])around Lake Chad. ■END■ (10[4]0[10])

ANSWER: Kanem-Bornu empire [accept partial answers; accept the Borno Empire]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael DuYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere19-5
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku2715
Joseph CollinsGrzegorz BrzęczyszczykiewiczCien Años de Quizboledad3415
Will AlstonWalston et. al.jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club3415
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha3415
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?4915
Tejas RajeBHSU RebirthThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)5015
Allan LeeStanford+Berkeley58-5
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysClown Squad79-5
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken8010
Hari ParameswaranCry of the Common LoonA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs8610
Daoud JacksonDefying SuavityCambridge8710
Nathaniel HullBerkeleyStanford+11710
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orangeas rational as the square root of two power bottoms129-5
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNotre Dame1330
Charles HangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking13310
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofNortheast by Northwestern1330
Leo TaoClown SquadThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days1330
Jacob PuthipirojNortheast by Northwesternhawk two of1330
Will SandersNotre DameClown Senpais1330
Benjamin WatsonLimp FrancekitSimple Vibes13310
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwen12 Litres of Green Tea1330
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathersjust one more half-dot bro13310
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green TeaNJ TRANSit (and anwen1330
Ishan JoshiRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country1330
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers13310
Elijah Mandelbaumas rational as the square root of two power bottomsThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1330
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit1330