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Songhai conquest of the salt mines of Taghaza
The Songhai conquest of the salt mines of Taghaza was the seizure of the Saharan salt-mining center of Taghaza from the Tuareg by the Songhai Empire under Askia Muhammad I.
Songhai conquest of Timbuktu and Djenné
The Songhai conquest of Timbuktu and Djenné was the seizure of the two great trading cities by the Songhai ruler Sunni Ali in 1468 and 1473.
Songhai Empire
Songhai (Songhay) Empire, West African state based at Gao under Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammad; largest Sudanic empire, controlling trans-Saharan gold and salt trade until destroyed by Morocco at Tondibi in 1591.
Songhai revolt against the Moroccans
The Songhai revolt against the Moroccans was the armed resistance led by Askia Nuh from Dendi after Morocco's victory at Tondibi in 1591, which denied the occupiers control beyond the river towns.
Songhua Jiang
Songhua Jiang (松花江), the Songhua River, is China's third largest river by discharge and the Amur's largest tributary, draining a 556,800 km² basin in northeast China with the Nenjiang and Second Songhua as sources.
Songjiang
Songjiang (松江区) is a district of southwest Shanghai, area 604.64 km², population 1.96 million (2025), origin of the G60 Sci-Tech Innovation Corridor, historic Huating County (751 AD), called the root of Shanghai.
Songket
Songket is a handwoven textile of maritime Southeast Asia in which gold or silver threads are inserted as a supplementary weft to create ornamental patterns.
Songkhla (สงขลา)
Songkhla (สงขลา), also historically Singora, is a southern Thai province and coastal capital between Songkhla Lake and the Gulf of Thailand, home to the 17th-century Sultanate of Singora, a multicultural old town, and the commercial hub Hat Yai.
Songkhla Zoo
Songkhla Zoo (สวนสัตว์สงขลา) is Thailand's first southern-region zoo, a 878-rai Zoological Park Organization facility at Khao Rup Chang, Songkhla, approved 1989, opened 1998, with over 1,092 animals and breeding programs.
Songkran (สงกรานต์) (Thailand)
Songkran (สงกรานต์), also called the Thai Water Festival, is the traditional Thai New Year, held each 13 to 15 April and marked by water splashing and temple merit-making.
Songland
Songland (2019-2020) was an NBC songwriting competition where undiscovered songwriters pitched to guest artists with panel Ryan Tedder, Ester Dean, and Shane McAnally; 21 episodes over 2 seasons, one song released per episode, cancelled after season 2.
Songline
A songline, also called a Dreaming Track, is a path across Australia traced by Ancestral beings in Aboriginal tradition, sung as an oral map and body of law.
Songmo Jiwen
Songmo Jiwen (松漠纪闻) is a three-juan private account of the Jin empire by the Southern Song envoy Hong Hao, detained in Jin territory for fifteen years from 1129.
Songnan gas field
The Songnan gas field (松南气田) is a deep natural gas field in the Songliao Basin of northeastern China, a Sinopec deep exploration breakthrough producing mainly from Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks.
Songo
Songo is a Cuban dance rhythm created by Juan Formell and drummer Changuito within Los Van Van in Havana in 1969, fusing son with rock and bossa nova.
Songo Songo gas field
The Songo Songo gas field is a natural gas field on and offshore Songo Songo Island in southern Tanzania, Tanzania's first gas discovery, supplying electricity since 2004.
Sóngoro cosongo
Sóngoro cosongo is a 1931 book of poetry by the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, subtitled Poemas mulatos, which presents the African and Spanish mixture of Cuba's people as the essence of the nation.
Songpa-gu
Songpa-gu (송파구, 松坡區) is Seoul's most populous autonomous district, separated from Gangdong-gu in 1988; 649,042 residents, 27 dongs, 33.86 km², home to Lotte World Tower, Olympic Park, and Seokchon Lake.
Songs
Songs (Spevy) is an 1868 poetry collection by the Slovak Romantic poet Samo Chalupka, his only lifetime book, gathering 22 poems on historical and outlaw themes.
Songs About Jane
Songs About Jane is Maroon 5's debut album, released June 25, 2002 on J/Octone Records, produced by Matt Wallace. Twelve funk- and R&B-influenced pop rock songs about Adam Levine's relationship with Jane Herman; over 10 million copies sold.
Songs About Us
Songs About Us is Jason Aldean's 12th studio album, released April 24, 2026 on Broken Bow Records. 20 tracks produced by Michael Knox, with guests Luke Bryan, David Lee Murphy, and Brittany Aldean; 14th consecutive Top 10 country album.
Songs for a Nervous Planet
Songs for a Nervous Planet is Tears for Fears' first official live album, released October 25, 2024 on Concord, pairing an 18-song July 2023 Tennessee concert with four new studio tracks including Astronaut.
Songs for a New World
Songs for a New World: Jason Robert Brown's 1995 Off-Broadway song cycle, his debut, directed by Daisy Prince at the WPA Theatre, four singers, theme of life-changing decisions, famous for "Stars and the Moon."
Songs for the Deaf
Songs for the Deaf (2002) is the third album by Queens of the Stone Age, a radio-drive concept record from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree with Dave Grohl on drums; its lead single "No One Knows" became the band's signature song, and it reached number 4 in the UK.
Songs from Les Misérables
Songs from Les Misérables: numbers of the sung-through musical by Schönberg, Boublil, Natel and Kretzmer, from the 1980 French concept album to the 1985 English score, including I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, One Day More and Do You Hear the People Sing?
Songs from the Big Chair
Songs from the Big Chair is Tears for Fears' second album, released 25 February 1985 on Mercury. Produced by Chris Hughes with Ian Stanley, it spawned five singles including US No. 1s "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".
Songs from the Last Century
Songs from the Last Century is George Michael's covers album of pre-war ballads, jazzy standards, and big-band swing, following Older; NME found it incoherent but praised his Miss Sarajevo.
Songs from the Wedding Cake
Songs from the Wedding Cake is the sixth studio album by English indie pop band Blossoms, released 2 October 2026. Produced by Shawn Lee, recorded to tape, a marriage-themed concept album named for Stockport Town Hall.
Songs in A Minor
Songs in A Minor is Alicia Keys' 2001 debut album on J Records, a self-produced classical-R&B fusion. It debuted at No. 1 with 236,000 copies, spawned "Fallin'" (six weeks at No. 1), and won five 2002 Grammys.
Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life is Stevie Wonder's 1976 double album plus bonus EP on Tamla, which spent 14 weeks at Number One and won Album of the Year.