Songhai Empire

Summary

Songhai Empire is a historical country^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,541 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Songhai Empire's continent is recorded as Africa^[3].
• Songhai Empire's instance of is recorded as historical country^[4].
• Songhai Empire's capital is recorded as Gao^[5].
• Songhai Empire's official language is recorded as Songhay^[6].
• Songhai Empire's currency is recorded as cowrie currency^[7].
• Songhai Empire's basic form of government is recorded as monarchy^[8].
• Songhai Empire's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135042118^[9].
• Songhai Empire's locator map image is recorded as SONGHAI empire map.PNG^[10].
• Songhai Empire's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n97031423^[11].
• Songhai Empire's IdRef ID is recorded as 027885100^[12].
• Songhai Empire's Commons category is recorded as Songhai Empire^[13].
• +1464-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Songhai Empire^[14].
• Songhai Empire was dissolved in +1591-03-12T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Songhai Empire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 16.26666667, 'lon': -0.05}^[16].
• Songhai Empire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02sw55^[17].
• Songhai Empire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Songhai Empire^[18].
• Songhai Empire's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300248985^[19].
• Songhai Empire's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0063617^[20].
• Songhai Empire's replaces is recorded as Gao Empire^[21].
• Songhai Empire's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Songhai-empire^[22].
• Songhai Empire's BBC Things ID is recorded as be185b62-e89d-4e5a-ac82-6f20799adf93^[23].
• Songhai Empire's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7032935^[24].
• Songhai Empire's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3636930^[25].
• Songhai Empire's language used is recorded as Central Mande^[26].
• Songhai Empire's official religion is recorded as Islam^[27].

Body

Founding

+1464-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Songhai Empire^[14].

Dissolution

Songhai Empire was dissolved in +1591-03-12T00:00:00Z^[15].

Why It Matters

Songhai Empire ranks in the top 5% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,541 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]