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  1. History of Benin

    The History of Benin since the 16th century, for the geographical area included in 1960 in what was then called the Republic of Dahomey before becoming the People's Republic of Benin. Wikipedia

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  3. britannica.com

    history of Benin, history of Benin from the precolonial period to the present.. As a political unit, Benin was created by the French colonial conquest at the end of the 19th century. In the precolonial period, the territory comprised a multiplicity of independent states, differing in language and culture.The south was occupied mainly by Ewe-speaking peoples, who traced their traditional ...
  4. britannica.com

    Dec 26, 2024Benin, one of the principal historic kingdoms of the western African forest region (fl. 13th-19th century). Tradition asserts that the Edo people became dissatisfied with the rule of a dynasty of semimythical kings, the ogisos, and in the 13th century they invited Prince Oranmiyan of Ife to rule
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  5. britannica.com

    6 days agoBenin - Precolonial, Colonial, Independence: As a political unit, Benin was created by the French colonial conquest at the end of the 19th century. In the precolonial period, the territory comprised a multiplicity of independent states, differing in language and culture. The south was occupied mainly by Ewe-speaking peoples, who traced their traditional origins to the town of Tado (in modern ...
  6. worldhistory.org

    The Kingdom of Benin, located in the southern forests of West Africa (modern Nigeria) and formed by the Edo people, flourished from the 13th to 19th century CE. The capital, also called Benin, was the hub of a trade network exclusively controlled by the king or oba and which included relations with Portuguese traders who sought gold and slaves. Benin went into decline during the 18th century ...
  7. blackpast.org

    Apr 16, 2024In the following article, Collins Edigin, a historian at the University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria, describes the rule of the Obas of Benin, a continuous dynasty of the West African state of Benin (now in present-day Nigeria) that began in the 13 th Century and is one of the oldest in the world.. The kingdom of Benin was one of the most important states of the forest region of West Africa.
  8. nationsonline.org

    The history of Benin is a succession of several kingdoms, it was the seat of Dahomey, one of the great medieval African kingdoms. The three main kingdoms (created by the Fon) were that of Allada, founded in the 16th century, it was the most powerful kingdom in Ajaland before it fell to the armies of Dahomey (Abomey). The Kingdom of Abomey was ...
  9. en.wikipedia.org

    Benin (/ b ɛ ˈ n iː n / ⓘ ben-EEN, / b ɪ ˈ n iː n / bin-EEN; [9] French: Bénin ⓘ, Fon: Benɛ, Fula: Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin), is a country in West Africa.It was formerly known as Dahomey. [10] It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its ...
  10. wikiwand.com

    The History of Benin since the 16th century, for the geographical area included in 1960 in what was then called the Republic of Dahomey before becoming the People's Republic of Benin. Main article: French Dahomey. Dahomey was a French colony of and a part of French West Africa from 1904 to 1959.

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