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Question

Answer the following about Omar Tall, a mid-19th-century Sufi scholar of the Tijjani order, for 10 points each.

[10e] Omar Tall called his conquests to begin the Tukulor Empire one of these “holy wars” to spread Islam.

ANSWER: jihad

[10m] Omar may have been inspired in his jihad by his stays in Sokoto and Futa Jallon, two of the largest jihad states founded by rulers of this ethnicity in the 18th and 19th century.

ANSWER: Fulani [prompt on Hausa–Fulani]

[10h] The Bambara kingdoms conquered by Omar included an empire founded by the Coulibaly Dynasty that is often named for this city on the Niger. Omar made this city his capital after winning an 1861 battle there.

ANSWER: Ségou

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Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	6	11.67	83%	33%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%

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Kentucky	Sewanee	10	0	10
Alabama A	Louisville A	10	0	10
Bruin	Mississipi State	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Louisville B	10	10	20
WashU A	Alabama B	10	0	10
WashU B	Tennessee B	0	0	0