government
- Governors and mayors were chosen by the King to preside over local states and villages.
- Local chiefs who were in charge before they were conquered were able to keep their land as long as they followed Songhai law.
- Kings only intervened in local affairs when it became violent and uncontrollable.
- Much of the government became centralized and nobles held jobs much like the ones in the United States' government.
- Local states of the empire paid uniform taxes.