Dahomey was a highly militaristic society constantly organised for warfare; it captured captives during wars and raids against neighboring societies and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade …

The history of the Kingdom of Dahomey spans 300 years from around 1600 to 1904 with the rise of the Kingdom of Dahomey as a major power on the Atlantic coast of modern-day Benin until …

2025年3月4日 · Dahomey, kingdom in western Africa that flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries in the region that is now southern Benin. According to tradition, at the beginning of …

Tapestry depicting several kings of Dahomey and their regnal years. The King of Dahomey (Ahosu in the Fon language) was the ruler of Dahomey, a West African kingdom in the …

法國於1890年的阿丘克帕戰役後開始擴展位於貝寧的殖民地，並於 第二次法國-達荷美戰爭 （ 英语 ： Second Franco-Dahomean War ） 後正式成立法屬達荷美。 第二次世界大战 后的1947年， …

Dahomey was unique among African states in the absolute authority accorded its king. Under terms negotiated with Oyo, the Dahomean king retained his own highly centralized …

Dahomey, then, is a type of early or proto-State, in the service of the slave trade, organized by military conquest from without, and the civil power was essentially a tributary mechanism.

2022年9月13日 · By the mid-1700s, one kingdom had achieved a near-monopoly on the Bight of Benin, the most important hub of the slave trade: the kingdom of Dahomey. It remained one of …

This book discusses the history of the ancient West African Kingdom of Dahomey from its origin on the plateau of Abomey to its territorial expansion down to the coast. The focus is on links …

2019年11月28日 · The History of the Kingdom of Dahomey spans 300 years from around 1600 until 1904 with the rise of the Kingdom of Dahomey as a major power on the Atlantic coast of …