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The Kingdom of Benin, [2] also known as Great Benin or Benin Kingdom is a kingdom within what is now considered southern Nigeria. [3] It has no historical relation to the modern republic of Benin, [4] 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.
An Ogiso is referred to by the people of the Igodomigodo kingdom as king of the sky. [1] This is a list of the independent Ogisos of Igodomigodo, which was to become the Benin Empire, from roughly 100 BCE - 40 BCE to 1100 CE.
Ehenneden, also spelt Hennenden, (born Egiebo, reigned c. 1095 – c. 1110 AD) was the twenty-sixth Ogiso of the Kingdom of Igodomigodo, the early state that preceded the Benin Empire. He succeeded his father, Uwa, inheriting a stable kingdom shaped by previous economic and political reforms. His reign saw continued economic activity ...
Benin was thus the first African country to successfully complete the transition from a dictatorship to a pluralistic political system. [5] In the second round of National Assembly elections held in March 1995, Zoglo's political vehicle, the Parti de la Renaissance du Benin, was the largest single party but lacked an overall majority.
'Ehengbuda the Physician') served as the eighteenth Oba of the Benin Empire, with a reign from c. 1578 AD – c. 1606 AD. Succeeding his father, Orhogbua, the first Oba to initiate contact with Europeans, Ehengbuda expanded the empire's territory westward and eastward, solidifying control over tributary states like the Oyo, Ekiti and Nupe.
Oguola was the fifth Oba of the Benin Kingdom, reigning from 1280 AD to 1295 AD.His reign was marked by achievements in fortifying the city of Benin, enhancing its defences, and contributing to the cultural and economic development of the kingdom.
Igodomigodo is the original name of the Benin Kingdom used by its own inhabitants (nowadays known as the Edo people of Nigeria).. According to Edo oral history, Igodomigodo [1] was the name given to the kingdom by Igodo, the first ogiso (King), who founded the first dynasty of what would later be known as the Benin Empire (which existed from around 1180 until 1897 in the area of the present ...
A Short History of Benin is a non-fiction book by Jacob Egharevba, first published in 1934 by the Church Mission Society Press in Lagos.The book offers a historical perspective on the Benin Empire, a pre-colonial African state now part of Nigeria.