Kingdom of Benin

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Sources

1. BookBenin and the Europeans, 1485–1897
2. WebsiteBenin Bronzes

Relations

claimed descent from:

• Ife

  Sources: Africans: The History of a Continent, The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages

has capital:

• Benin City

  Sources: Benin and the Europeans, 1485–1897, Benin Bronzes

ruled by:

• Ewuare the Greatsince c. 1440

  Sources: Benin and the Europeans, 1485–1897, Africans: The History of a Continent

• Ovonramwen1888 – 1897

  Sources: Benin and the Europeans, 1485–1897, Benin Bronzes

traded with →:

• Kingdom of Portugal

  Sources: Benin and the Europeans, 1485–1897

visited by:

• João Afonso de Aveiro

  Sources: Benin and the Europeans, 1485–1897, Benin Bronzes

Appears in8 items

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  Kingdoms of Africa7 items
  • Kingdom of Beninc. 1200
  • 
    Ife headsc. 1350
  • Ewuare the Greatc. 1440
  • 
    Portuguese reach Beninc. 1486
  • Benin stops selling menc. 1525
  • Atlantic slave trade1501
  • 
    British take Benin City18 Feb 1897
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  The Atlantic Slave Trade and Abolition1 item
  • 
    São Jorge da Mina founded1482 O.S.