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BENIN, OYO, AND DAHOMEY
Warfare, State Building, and the Sacralization of Iron in West African History

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Along the Guinea Coast of West Africa there is a cluster of conquest states that rose to power in the period between 1400 and 1700, and dominated large areas of the forest belt for several centuries.
Their domination was based on well organized and heavily equipped armies using a highly developed iron technology and, in some cases, mounted divisions. These states included the Edo kingdom of Benin, the Fon kingdom of Dahomey, and a series of Yoruba kingdoms, the most...
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