Dahomey

The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within the present-day Republic of Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau among the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by expanding south to conquer key cities like Whydah belonging to the Kingdom of Whydah on the Atlantic coast, which granted it unhindered access to the Atlantic Slave Trade.

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1600 — 1894 Dahomey

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Harbour by the lagune beach, Grand-Popo Dahomey

Two women in Grand-Popo, Dahomey

Prime minister Hubert Maga arrives in Grand-Popo, Dahomey

Dahomey and the Dahomans- Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey, and Residence at His Capital, in the Year 1849 and 1850 WDL2527

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Palais privé du roi Béhanzin 18

Y Pranishnikoff, Porto Novo, Groupe de Naturels (1887)

Dahomey Notre-Dame des Apôtres

Empierrement d'une route (Dahomey)

AOF-DY 1913 MiNr0042 mt B002a

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1890	Battle of Atchoukpa	battle, French Third Republic, Dahomey, Kingdom of Hogbonou	Wikidata
event	war	1892	Second Franco-Dahomean War	war, French Third Republic, Dahomey	Wikidata
commons	image		Harbour by the lagune beach, Grand-Popo Dahomey		Commons
commons	image		Two women in Grand-Popo, Dahomey		Commons
commons	image		Prime minister Hubert Maga arrives in Grand-Popo, Dahomey		Commons
commons	image		Dahomey and the Dahomans- Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey, and Residence at His Capital, in the Year 1849 and 1850 WDL2527		Commons
commons	image		Image-taken-from-page-353-of-afrika-hand-lexikon-mit--abbildungen-und-karten-with-a-preface-by-h-roskoschny 11176386515 o		Commons
commons	image		Palais privé du roi Béhanzin 18		Commons
commons	image		Y Pranishnikoff, Porto Novo, Groupe de Naturels (1887)		Commons
commons	image		Dahomey Notre-Dame des Apôtres		Commons
commons	image		Empierrement d'une route (Dahomey)		Commons
commons	image		AOF-DY 1913 MiNr0042 mt B002a		Commons