According to a Michael Gomez history of “dominion,” an early merchant empire named for this city was the first city-state in its region. Several Zaghe dynasty kings of this city with Muslim loan names appear on Spanish-produced stelae at its site of Sarneh. Kukiya and this city were the bases of the Za dynasty. Rulers from this city established the rump state of (*) Dendi. This city was looted by Judar Pasha after a planned cattle stampede was disrupted by gunfire during the Battle of (10[1])Tondibi. (-5[1])In this city, a ruler used materials gathered on Hajj to construct a mud pyramid of protruding sticks (-5[1])as a tomb. This city was the capital of an empire ruled by Sunni Ali and Askia the Great. For 10 points, name this city on the River Niger, the first capital of the Songhai Empire. ■END■ (0[2])