| LC control no. | n 97031423 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Songhai Empire |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Songhai Empire |
| Variant(s) | Empire songhay Songhay Empire Gao Empire |
| Found in | Cissoko, S.M. Tombouctou et l'Empire songhay, 1996: t.p. (l'Empire songhay) The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., v. 9, 1983 (Songhai (Songhay), Empire of: a great trading state of West Africa (flourished 15th-16th cent.). Centred 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 present Niger and Nigeria; under Issihak II (1588-91), Moroccan forces advanced into the Songhai empire, routed Issihak and took over the empire) Wikipedia, Mar. 24, 2016 (The Songhai Empire (also transliterated as Songhay) was a state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century. Today part of: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, The Gambia) Enc. Britannica, viewed Mar. 24, 2016 (Songhai empire; Alternative titles: Gao empire; Songhay empire) |
| Geographic area code | fw----- |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85125038 |
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