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Kingdom of Benin
Arriọba Ẹ̀dó
1180–1897
The extent of Benin in 1625
Capital
Edo (now Benin City)
Common languages
Edo, Yoruba and Igbo
Religion
Edo Religion, Catholic Christianity
Government
Monarchy
Oba
• 1180–1246 (first)
Eweka I[1]
• 1888–1897 (last)
Ovonramwen
History
• Established
1180
• Annexed by the United Kingdom
1897
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Igodomigodo
Ife Empire
Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Today part of
Nigeria
The Kingdom of Benin, also known as the Edo Kingdom or Benin Kingdom (Bini: Arriọba ẹdo), was a kingdom within what is now southern Nigeria.[2] It has no historical relation to the modern republic of Benin,[3] which was known as Dahomey from the 17th century until 1975. The Kingdom of Benin's capital was Edo, now known as Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria. The Benin Kingdom was "one of the oldest and most developed states in the coastal hinterland of West Africa". It grew out of the previous Edo Kingdom of Igodomigodo around the 11th century AD,[4] and lasted until it was annexed by the British Empire in 1897.[5]
^Ben-Amos, Paula Girshick (1995). The Art of Benin Revised Edition. British Museum Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-7141-2520-2.
^Bradbury, R. E. (16 August 2018), "Continuities and Discontinuities in Pre-colonial and Colonial Benin Politics (1897–1951)", Benin Studies, Routledge, pp. 76–128, doi:10.4324/9781351031264-4, ISBN 978-1-351-03126-4, S2CID 159119713, retrieved 27 January 2023
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