It’s not Mongolia, but John Windus’s embassy freed almost 300 British prisoners of this country from a ruler who was supported by the Guich (“geesh”) and may have fathered over 1000 children with over 70 partners. Thomas Stukley was killed in this country during a power struggle that saw the end of the Wattasid Dynasty. A Spanish eunuch fighting for this country won a battle that saw a massive (*) cattle stampede. This country, which razed the Taghaza salt mines, won the battle of Tondibi under the leadership of Judar Pasha. Ahmed Al-Mansur was a member of this kingdom's Saadi Dynasty, while Ismail ibn Sharif was the founder of this kingdom’s current ruling Alawi dynasty. For 10 points, what kingdom that conquered Songhai contains the cities of Fez and Marrakech? ■END■
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| Patrick Minsker | Illinois C | Chicago A | 72 | 10 |
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| Sky Li | Toronto C | Waterloo A | 77 | 10 |
| Yaj Jhajhria | UW A | South Dakota School of Mines | 77 | 10 |
| Sasha Fillbrandt | UW B | Washington Connections | 77 | 10 |
| Saketh Dontaraju | NYU A | George Mason C | 77 | -5 |
| Vikram Narasimhan | Illinois Orange | Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team | 78 | 10 |
| Will Houston | Chicago B | Illinois B | 78 | 10 |
| Gareth Thorlakson | Toronto B | Waterloo B | 80 | -5 |
| Aryan Desarapu | Michigan A | Ohio State A | 80 | -5 |
| Max Lin | we need new names | Four Generalists in Search of a Power | 80 | -5 |
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| Vivian Malouf | girl 15 whale i mean they | Caltech | 82 | 10 |
| Abdelrahman Elsisi | Sheffield A | Sheffield C | 82 | 10 |
| Joseph Collins | Imperial A | Warwick A | 82 | 10 |
| Skand Parvatikar | Arizona State University A | Arizona State University B | 82 | 10 |
| Jaehyun Park | BU | Brown | 85 | 10 |
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| Drew Schreiner | Missouri | SIUE | 98 | 10 |
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| Winston Zuo | UCSB | Claremont A | 112 | -5 |
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| Micah Colman | Waterloo B | Toronto B | 128 | 10 |
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| Danel Fernandez | Ohio State C | Pittsburgh | 128 | 10 |
| John Hines-Shah | Carleton | Alberta | 128 | 10 |
| James McCurley | Harvard | RIT | 128 | 10 |
| Rose Phipps | George Mason C | NYU A | 128 | 10 |
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