Songhai Empire

Songhai
c. 1464–1591
The territorial extent o the Songhai Empire in c. 1500.
Caipital	Gao
Common leids	Songhai
Govrenment	Empire
Dia (Keeng)
• 1464–1492	Sunni Ali
• 1492–1493	Sonni Bāru
• 1493–1528	Askia the Great
• 1529–1531	Askia Musa
• 1531–1537	Askia Benkan
• 1537–1539	Askiya Ismail
• 1539–1549	Askia Ishaq I
• 1549–1582/1583	Askia Daoud
• 1588–1592	Askia Ishaq II
Historical era	Postclessical Era
• Songhai state emerges at Gao	c. 1000
• unthirldom frae Mali Empire	c. 1430
• Sunni Dynasty begins	1468
• Askiya Dynasty begins	1493
• Songhai Empire faws	1591
• Dendi Kinrick continues	1592
Aurie
1500	1,400,000 km2 (540,000 sq mi)
1550	800,000 km2 (310,000 sq mi)
Currency	Cowry
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Mali Empire Gao Empire Saadi dynasty Pashalik o Timbuktu Dendi Kinrick
The day pairt o	Benin Burkina Faso Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritanie Niger Nigerie Senegal The Gambie

The Songhai Empire (an aa transleeteratit as Songhay) wis a state that dominatit the wasrten Sahel in the 15t an 16t century. At its peak, it wis ane o the lairgest states in African history. The state is kent bi its historiografical name, derived frae its leadin ethnic group an rulin elite, the Songhai.