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The Royal Palaces of Abomey comprise 12 palaces spread across a 47-hectare site in central Benin, serving as the capital of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey from the 17th to late 19th centuries. Each successive king built his own palace within the compound. UNESCO inscribed the site in 1985, reco...
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Exceptional Dahomey history, UNESCO status, distinctive bas-reliefs, and major African cultural importance, despite conservation and reconstruction challenges.
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The Kingdom of Dahomey was a centralized West African state that existed from approximately 1600 to 1894 CE in present-day Benin, founded by the Fon people with its capital at Abomey. The kingdom was renowned for its military organization, including the Agojie, a corps of trained female soldiers, an...
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Centralized West African kingdom with distinctive military reputation, but slave-trade association and narrower scale temper acclaim.
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