2025年1月23日 · Songhai empire, great trading state of West Africa (flourished 15th–16th century), centered on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is now central Mali and eventually extending west to the Atlantic coast and east into Niger and Nigeria. Learn more about the Songhai empire here.

The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries. At its peak, it was one of the largest African empires in history. The state is known by its historiographical name, derived from its largest ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai people.

2019年3月5日 · Maximum extent of the Songhai Empire (c. 1460 - c. 1591 CE). Note: This map is for general illustration purposes, the Songhai Empire did not extend to the Atlantic coast.

2019年3月8日 · The Songhai Empire (aka Songhay, c. 1460 - c. 1591) covered what is today southern Mauritania and Mali. It replaced the Mali Empire (1240-1645) as the most important state in West Africa.

2024年3月14日 · A map of the trade routes between the Songhai empire to North Africa. The Songhai Empire traded goods such as gold, ivory, spices, kola nuts, hides, and slaves to North Africa and received rock salt, fine cloth, glassware, sugar, and horses in return.

2024年3月16日 · The Songhai Empire started to wane in the middle of the 1500s as a result of internal conflict and civil war. Timbuktu and Gao were raided and taken by the Moroccan army in 1591. The empire disintegrated and was split up into numerous smaller entities.

2008年6月29日 · The Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major pre-colonial empires to emerge in West Africa. From its capital at Gao on the Niger River, Songhai expanded in all directions until it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean (modern Senegal and Gambia) to what is now Northwest Nigeria and central Niger.

Facts about West Africa's Songhai Empire, including a map, its religion, economy, and its eventual decline.

2019年12月10日 · Discover the history and major facts about the Songhai Empire - an empire generally considered as the greatest empire to emerge in West Africa. The Songhai Empire at its peak spanned about 1.4 million square kilometers.

The Songhai Empire added the salt mines of Taghaza during the rule of Askia the Great.