THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1200–1897

Kingdom of Benin

Edo kingdom around Benin City under the Obas of the Eweka dynasty, which replaced the Ogiso rulers of Igodomigodo; the early dates are traditional. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Benin'.

Under Ewuare and his successors Benin expanded west toward Lagos, north into Ekiti and Akoko and east to the Niger. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Benin'. A smaller kingdom after the civil wars of the late 17th century, until the British punitive expedition of 1897. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Benin'.

See Kingdom of Benin on the map in 1440

On the map
1200–1897
Capital
Benin City (Edo)

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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