Related Places: Benin Oyo empire See all related content Dahomey, kingdom in western Africa that flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries in the region that is now southern Benin. According to tradition, at the beginning of the 17th century three brothers vied for the kingdom of Allada, ...
The history of Nigeria can be traced to prehistoric settlers (Nigerians) living in the area as early as 1100 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is today Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, the Benin Empire, and the Oyo Empire. Islam reached Nigeria throu...
Pinduga, and Wukari. Smaller kingdoms included those of theIgala,Nupe, and Ebira. Notable in the south were theYoruba statesof Ife andOyo, the Edo state ofBenin, theItsekiristate of Warri, theEfikstate of Calabar, and theIjo(Ijaw) city-states of Nembe, Elem Kalabari, Bonny, and Okrika...
Some notable great African civilisations such as the Great Benin Empire,Ancient Egypt,Empire of Mali,Empire of Songhai,the Nri Kingdom,the Garamantes,Kanem-Bornu Empire,Kingdom of Luba,Kingdom of Makuria,the Land of Punt and so many other great African civilisations had a highly organised soc...
Along the coast, the Edo people established the Benin Empire (not to be confused with the present-day country of Benin to the west), which reached its height of power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. As in the north, outsiders heavily influenced the societies of southern Nigeria. ...
摘要: Biafra, Colonial Nigeria, Oyo Empire, Nigerian Civil War, Conflict in the Niger Delta, Benin Empire, Kingdom of Nri, Jews of Bilad el-Sudan, Ijaw people, Ayodele Awojobi, Kebbi Emirate, Southern Cameroons, Wukari Federation关键词:...
While several distinct ethnic groups have inhabited what is today Liberia for at least 1,000 years, no large kingdoms found further east along the West African coast, such as Dahomey, Asante, or theBenin Empirearose there. Early History ...
In the pre-colonial period, the area that is now Ekiti State was at various points ruled by the Oyo Empire, Benin Empire, and finally, the Ekiti states which formed the Ekiti Confederacy in the later half of the 1800s. From 1877 to 1893, the Confederacy fought the Kiriji War led by ...
The famous Roman sculptures that its citizens left behind serve as a record of the Roman Empire’s history, which spanned many centuries and several continents. The ancient Romans coupled previously unfathomable military prowess with a similarly zealous dedication to public artworks such as the male...
The Fulani empire ruled the region from the beginning of the 19th century until the British annexed Lagos in 1851 and seized control of the rest of the region by 1886. It formally became the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914. During World War I, native troops of the West African...