Songhai Tè-kok, sī Sai-hui kó͘-kok, 15 sè-kí tio̍h 16 sè-kí siōng sēng, sī Sat-hek-le̍k tē-khu choè-āu chi̍t-ê o͘-hō͘ thó͘-tù ê toā tè-kok.

Songhai Empire
c. 1464–1591
The territorial extent of the Songhai Empire in c. 1500.
The territorial extent of the Songhai Empire in c. 1500.
Siú-to͘ Gao[1]
Thong-iōng gí-giân Songhai, Malinké, Mandinka, Fulani, Bozo, Soninke, Hausa, Mooré
Chong-kàu
Sunni Islam, Traditional African religions
Chèng-hú Empire
Sonni (King), later Askia (Emperor)  
• 1464–1492
Sunni Ali
• 1492–1493
Sonni Bāru
• 1493–1528
Askia the Great
• 1529–1531
Askia Musa
• 1531–1537
Askia Benkan
• 1537–1539
Askia Isma'il
• 1539–1549
Askia Ishaq I
• 1549–1582/1583
Askia Daoud
• 1588–1592
Askia Ishaq II
Le̍k-sú sî-kî Postclassical Era
• Songhai state emerges at Gao
c. 1000
• independence from Mali Empire
c. 1430 nî
• Sunni Dynasty begins
1468
• Askiya Dynasty begins
1493
• Songhai Empire falls
1591 nî
• Dendi Kingdom continues
1592
Bīn-chek
1550[2] 800,000 km2 (310,000 sq mi)
Hoè-pè (Cowry shells, and gold coins)
í-chêng kok-ka
í-āu kok-ka
Mali Empire
Gao Empire
Saadi dynasty
Pashalik of Timbuktu
Dendi Kingdom

7 sè-kí ê sî-chūn Songhai-lâng tī tan-tiō kiàn-li̍p sió ông-kok, liáu-āu chhiân-tio̍h Ka-ò, chêng-āu sîn-sio̍k Ghana Tè-kok kap Mali Tè-kok, chiām-chiām kui sio̍k I-su-lân-kàu. 15 sè-kí liáu hō͘-kî, Sonni Ali to̍h sī-ūi liáu-āu iân Nî-ji̍t-hô tāi-le̍k khok-tiong, chiàm-niá Mali Tè-kok ê tiong-sim siâⁿ-chhī Têng-pa-khek-tô͘, chèng-sek kiàn-li̍p Songhai Tè-kok. Songhai siōng-sēng sî-kî ê léng-thó͘ sai kàu tāi-se-iûⁿ, tong kàu hô-sat-lâng khu-he̍k, pak kàu Mô͘-lo̍k-ko lâm-kéng.

Sonni Ali sí liáu-āu kok-ka hām-ji̍p lāi-loān, 1549-nî teng-ūi ê Askia bat-chi̍t-thō͘ tiông-chìn tè-kok, nā i tī 1582-nî óng-seng liáu-āu, tè-ūi kè-sêng būn-tê lēng tè-kok koh hām-ji̍p chi̍t-pái lāi-loān. 1590-nî, Mô͘-lo̍k-ko phài-khián sì-chheng-lâng ê kun-tūi ji̍p-chhim, 1591-nî 3-goe̍h kek-pāi ūi-sò͘ iok sì-bān lāng nā bú-khì tì-cham ê Songhai-kun, chiàm-niá Ka-ò, Têng-pa-khek-tô͘ tán pak, Songhai Tè-kok sòaⁿ-liáu-liáu.

  1. Bethwell A. Ogot, Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century, (UNESCO Publishing, 2000), 303.
  2. Taagepera 1979, pp. 497.