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TIMELINE
Began around 1100 C.E. (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
Originated from Ife (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
First kings started around the 1200s (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
Right to rule based on the descent from the first king of Ife (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
Oba Ewuare turned Benin into city-states (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
Created a powerful army (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
Originated from Ife (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
First kings started around the 1200s (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
Right to rule based on the descent from the first king of Ife (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
Oba Ewuare turned Benin into city-states (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
Created a powerful army (“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation)
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-A narrow wedge of the land northward from the Gulf of Guinea and goes 420 miles up from there (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Northern border - Niger (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Northwest - Burkina Faso (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-West - Togo (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Official capital: Porto-Novo (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-A French colony from the late 19th century until 1960 (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Five natural regions (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Coastal is low, flat, sandy with tidals and lagoons (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Barre country - french adaptation from the word Barro (clay) (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Fertile area (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-35%animist/traditional (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-35%christian (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Most of the rest are Muslim (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Religious beliefs play a large part in society (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Voodoo is one of the most known practices (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Has a lot of political power (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Only priests can communicate with dead spirits and voodoos (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Economic freedom score - 55.3 (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-127th freest (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-One of Africa's largest cotton producers (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Still underdeveloped and dependent on regional trade and subsistence agriculture (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Christianity is the most practiced religion (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Was introduced in the late 16th century (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-27% of the population (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Islam was also practiced (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Brought into by Songhai-Dendi traders and Hausa from the north (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Most practice the Sunni (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Made up 24% of the population (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Vodun was practiced too (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Widely practiced by lots of West African countries (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Southern and central regions of Benin (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Completely different from other traditional African beliefs (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Near the delta of the niger river
-Being on water made trade easy
-Also helped agriculture
-Flat terrain made travel easier
-Grew cotton to help economy and make Benin richer
-Homes are made in the forest
-First kings date back to 1200s
-The oba (ruler) gets his power from being related to the first king of Ife
-Ewuare - oba in the 1400s
-Turned Benin into a large west African state
-Did this by building a large and powerful army
-Was used to control an area that went from the niger river delta to what is now Lagos, Nigeria
-He also made Benin strong by building walls around it
-In the 1480s Portuguese ships went into Benin's port at Gwatto and traded with the Benin people for pepper, leopard skins, slaves, and ivory
-Northern border - Niger (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Northwest - Burkina Faso (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-West - Togo (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Official capital: Porto-Novo (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-A French colony from the late 19th century until 1960 (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Five natural regions (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Coastal is low, flat, sandy with tidals and lagoons (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Barre country - french adaptation from the word Barro (clay) (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Fertile area (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-35%animist/traditional (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-35%christian (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Most of the rest are Muslim (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Religious beliefs play a large part in society (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Voodoo is one of the most known practices (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Has a lot of political power (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Only priests can communicate with dead spirits and voodoos (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Economic freedom score - 55.3 (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-127th freest (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-One of Africa's largest cotton producers (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Still underdeveloped and dependent on regional trade and subsistence agriculture (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Christianity is the most practiced religion (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Was introduced in the late 16th century (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-27% of the population (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Islam was also practiced (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Brought into by Songhai-Dendi traders and Hausa from the north (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Most practice the Sunni (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Made up 24% of the population (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Vodun was practiced too (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Widely practiced by lots of West African countries (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Southern and central regions of Benin (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Completely different from other traditional African beliefs (“Benin.” World Travel Guide)
-Near the delta of the niger river
-Being on water made trade easy
-Also helped agriculture
-Flat terrain made travel easier
-Grew cotton to help economy and make Benin richer
-Homes are made in the forest
-First kings date back to 1200s
-The oba (ruler) gets his power from being related to the first king of Ife
-Ewuare - oba in the 1400s
-Turned Benin into a large west African state
-Did this by building a large and powerful army
-Was used to control an area that went from the niger river delta to what is now Lagos, Nigeria
-He also made Benin strong by building walls around it
-In the 1480s Portuguese ships went into Benin's port at Gwatto and traded with the Benin people for pepper, leopard skins, slaves, and ivory
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works Cited
“Benin.” The Heritage Foundation, www.heritage.org/index/country/benin.
“Benin.” World Travel Guide, www.worldtravelguide.net/guides/africa/benin/history-language-culture/
"Benin." coursesite.uhcl.edu/hsh/whitec/ximages/mapsglobes/Africa/BeninPage.html.
“Edo People, The Benin Empire, and African Culture For Blacks in America (Part 1).” Taking It Back To Grassroots, wisdomftf.com/2015/03/21/edo-people-the-benin-empire-and-african-culture-for-blacks-in-america-part-1/.
Law, Robin, et al. “Benin.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 18 Jan. 2019, www.britannica.com/place/Benin.
Olupohunda, Bayo. “The Sad History of Benin Empire, Conquered by the British, Now Lost without Trace - Photos.” Legit.ng - Nigeria News., 28 Mar. 2016, www.legit.ng/775278-sad-history-benin-empire-conquered-british-now-lost-without-trace-photos.html.
Sawe, Benjamin Elisha. “Religious Beliefs In Benin.” World Atlas, Worldatlas, 28 Dec. 2016, www.worldatlas.com/articles/religious-beliefs-in-benin.html.
Smith, Flick. “Kingdom of Benin.” Prezi.com, 8 Apr. 2014, prezi.com/ea2pl7jdoezs/kingdom-of-benin/
“Benin.” World Travel Guide, www.worldtravelguide.net/guides/africa/benin/history-language-culture/
"Benin." coursesite.uhcl.edu/hsh/whitec/ximages/mapsglobes/Africa/BeninPage.html.
“Edo People, The Benin Empire, and African Culture For Blacks in America (Part 1).” Taking It Back To Grassroots, wisdomftf.com/2015/03/21/edo-people-the-benin-empire-and-african-culture-for-blacks-in-america-part-1/.
Law, Robin, et al. “Benin.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 18 Jan. 2019, www.britannica.com/place/Benin.
Olupohunda, Bayo. “The Sad History of Benin Empire, Conquered by the British, Now Lost without Trace - Photos.” Legit.ng - Nigeria News., 28 Mar. 2016, www.legit.ng/775278-sad-history-benin-empire-conquered-british-now-lost-without-trace-photos.html.
Sawe, Benjamin Elisha. “Religious Beliefs In Benin.” World Atlas, Worldatlas, 28 Dec. 2016, www.worldatlas.com/articles/religious-beliefs-in-benin.html.
Smith, Flick. “Kingdom of Benin.” Prezi.com, 8 Apr. 2014, prezi.com/ea2pl7jdoezs/kingdom-of-benin/