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  1. 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 ...
  2. britannica.com

    Dec 26, 2024Tradition 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 them. His son Eweka is regarded as the first oba, or king, of Benin, though authority would remain for many years with a hereditary order of local chiefs.Late in the 13th century, royal power began to assert ...
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    Dahomey was a French colony of and a part of French West Africa from 1904 to 1959. Under the French, a port was constructed at Cotonou, and railroads were built.School facilities were expanded by Roman Catholic missions. In 1946, Dahomey became an overseas territory with its own parliament and representation in the French national assembly. On December 4, 1958, it became the Republic of Dahomey.
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    Pages in category "History of Benin by topic" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. P. Postage stamps and postal history of Benin This page was last edited on 16 September 2019, at 06:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
  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. researchgate.net

    The Benin Plaques, A 16th Century Imperial Monument is a detailed analysis of a corpus of nearly 850 bronze plaques that were installed in the court of the Benin kingdom at the moment of its ...
  7. beninhistory.org

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    The Benin History Project is a not for profit with a vision to build the largest and most comprehensive online resource for Benin History. There are so many ways to support the project. Contact us to find out more about contributing, volunteering, publishing your work, and using the resources in the site in your teaching, learning and research.
  8. 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 ...
  9. familysearch.org

    The Republic of Benin is the former Republic of Dahomey. Dahomey was called after the historic kingdom of Dahomey or Abomey, conquered by the French in 1892-1894. Benin became a self governing republic within the French Community in December 1958 and an independent state on 1 August 1960. Political life in the republic has been extremely unstable following independence, as regionally based ...
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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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