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KINGDOM OF BENIN
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5284
RULERS
OBJECTS
HP
100/100
Photo - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin
OBJECTS
TRADE
DESCRIPTION
Photo - The Lovepost, https://www.thelovepost.global/decolonise-your-mind/poems/lost-rise-and-fall-nigerias-most-powerful-kingdom
ATTACK
The walls around Benin City stretched a huge distance, about 16,000 kilometres, and were about 150 feet tall on average. According to the 1974 edition of the Guinness Book of Records, the Walls of Benin were the “world’s largest earthworks carried out prior to the mechanical era.”
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WEALTH
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KINGDOM OF BENIN
24
5284
RULERS
OBJECTS
HP
100/100
Photo - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin
OBJECTS
DESCRIPTION
TRADE
Photo - The Lovepost, https://www.thelovepost.global/decolonise-your-mind/poems/lost-rise-and-fall-nigerias-most-powerful-kingdom
By growing the power of the military and then expanding the size of the kingdom, Benin became strong enough to establish worldwide trade links, exchanging local African cloths and gold for foreign objects from Europe and Asia such as brass. Unlike many weaker kingdoms in Africa during the 15th and 16th centuries, Benin had grown powerful enough to resist the demands of European enslavers, who wanted to take more from the kingdom than the Oba would allow.
ATTACK
DEFENCE
WEALTH
INFLUENCE
KINGDOM OF BENIN
24
5284
RULERS
OBJECTS
HP
100/100
Photo - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin
TRADE
DESCRIPTION
OBJECTS
Photo - The Lovepost, https://www.thelovepost.global/decolonise-your-mind/poems/lost-rise-and-fall-nigerias-most-powerful-kingdom
ATTACK
Brass and coral became two important representations of royal power. Surprisingly, despite being known as the "Benin Bronzes", these objects are actually made out of brass! The "Bronzes" were created by melting down Portuguese arm bracelets and reusing the brass. Also, coral from as far away as the Mediterranean was worn around the necks of the nobility, representing how much of the kingdom's power came from long-distance trade. Access to both brass and coral was very strictly controlled by the Oba, meaning the rulers gained significant wealth and power themselves!
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