The Benin empire is one of the world's oldest royal dynasties, which was also one of West Africa's most powerful kingdoms until the late 19th century. It is not to be confused with country Benin ...

Civilization 7 aims for diverse representation by exploring lesser-known countries like Bohemia and Benin. Fans hope to see new civs like the Papal State and the Kingdom of Judah for unique ...

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III has unveiled a book, " The 1492 Itsekiri Odyssey" with a call on contemporary Itsekiri ...

Benin belonged to the British Empire until 1960. Then it became part of the independent country of Nigeria. Today, the Oba of Benin leads religious ceremonies, but he no longer rules his people.

Benin, says Baltimore Museum of Art curator Frederick Lamp, was “one of the most powerful and proud civilizations of Africa. It had problems, excesses and abuses as any civilization does ...

The great Benin Empire flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries under the hereditary male monarch known as Oba, with a highly organised government and powerful army. The Oba’s Palace was ...

Even when the Roman Empire was the only empire in the whole world, the Benin Empire was already thriving here. So we do not dispute what the Christians are saying, we do not dispute what the ...

But in 1897, the British Empire sent troops on a punitive expedition to punish Benin rebels who retaliated against imperial power. The Empire's soldiers sacked and looted the city, bringing an end ...

the first time a US museum has handed back works to the head of the former royal family of the Benin empire. In a ceremony held earlier this week (15 July) at the Benin Palace in Nigeria ...

British history repeats itself in the Benin massacre. The familiar procedures by which the blessings of civilization have been conferred upon so many other barbaric communities are here repeated.