swap_horiz Dahomey Kingdom Alternatives

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Ancient Egyptian civilization

Ancient Egyptian civilization flourished along the Nile River from approximately 3100 BC until its decline around 30 BC....

Ancient Middle East Africa Bronze Age

9.4 Excellent

2

Ancient Israel

Ancient Israel is a historical term for the Israelite societies and kingdoms that developed in the southern Levant durin...

Ancient Monotheistic Kingdom Iron Age

9.2 Excellent

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Republic of Florence

The Republic of Florence was an independent city-state in Tuscany whose institutions developed from medieval communal go...

Renaissance European Medieval Early Modern

9.2 Excellent

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British Empire

The British Empire was a global political system built from English and later British colonies, protectorates, dominions...

Modern European Colonial Empire

9.1 Excellent

5

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire emerged from Anatolian Turkic origins in 1299. It became a significant power controlling territory ac...

Middle East Islamic Early Modern Turkic

9.0 Excellent

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Nubian Civilization (Kush)

The Nubian civilization of Kush was an ancient Nile Valley kingdom situated south of Egypt in what is now northern Sudan...

Ancient Africa Kingdom Iron Age

8.2 Great

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Ptolemaic Egypt

Ptolemaic Egypt was a Hellenistic kingdom founded by Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian general who assumed the title of phar...

Mediterranean Ancient Africa Kingdom

8.1 Great

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Hawaiian Kingdom

The Hawaiian Kingdom was a constitutional monarchy in the Hawaiian Islands established by Kamehameha I after his conques...

Modern Island Kingdom Early Modern

8.0 Great

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Songhai Empire

The Songhai Empire was a West African state that reached its peak between the 15th and 16th centuries, becoming one of t...

Africa Islamic Early Modern West African

7.9 Good

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Yoruba Civilization

The Yoruba Civilization is an ethnic group and historical society native to West Africa, primarily located in present-da...

Ancient Africa Kingdom West Africa

7.9 Good

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Benin Empire

The Benin Empire was a powerful West African state located in present-day Nigeria, flourishing from roughly 1180 until i...

Medieval Africa Empire West Africa

7.7 Good

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Great Zimbabwe Civilization

The Great Zimbabwe civilization was a medieval Bantu society that thrived in southern Africa between the 11th and 15th c...

Medieval Africa Kingdom Stone City

7.6 Good

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Republic of Ghana

The Republic of Ghana, which became the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain independence from colonial rule in 1957...

Modern Africa Democracy West Africa

7.2 Good

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Ashanti Empire

The Ashanti Empire, also called the Asante Empire, was an Akan state centered in the forest region of present-day Ghana....

Africa Early Modern West African Akan

6.8 Fair

15

Mutapa Empire

The Mutapa Empire was a Shona-speaking state that emerged in the Zambezi region during the fifteenth century. Its territ...

Africa Early Modern Southern African Shona

6.6 Fair

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Luba Empire

The Luba Empire was a precolonial Central African state centered in the Katanga region of present-day Democratic Republi...

Africa Early Modern Central African Bantu

6.3 Fair

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Lunda Empire

The Lunda Empire was a Central African state centred in the region of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. It d...

Africa Early Modern Central African Bantu

6.1 Fair

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Kuba Kingdom

The Kuba Kingdom was a centralized Central African state in the region of the present-day Democratic Republic of the Con...

Africa Early Modern Central African Bantu

6.0 Fair

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Wassoulou Empire

The Wassoulou Empire was a Mandinka state established in West Africa by Samori Toure during the late nineteenth century....

Africa Islamic Early Modern West African

5.9 Mediocre

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Empire of Great Fulo

Existing primarily in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Empire of Great Fulo was a dominant pre-colonial West African sta...

Africa Early Modern West African Fulani

5.8 Mediocre