c. 16th centuryEvent
Kano subjects Katsina and Zaria to tributary status
Around 1500 Kano was the most powerful Hausa state, having forced both Katsina and Zaria into tributary positions in the first decade of the sixteenth century.
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c. 16th century
Kano subjects Katsina and Zaria to tributary status
Around 1500 Kano was the most powerful Hausa state, having forced both Katsina and Zaria into tributary positions in the first decade of the sixteenth century.
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Around 1500 Kano was the most powerful Hausa state, having forced both Katsina and Zaria into tributary positions in the first decade of the sixteenth century. Kano's dominance rested on its position on a major trans-Saharan route and its commercial and artisan class.