Oyo-Ile

E276474

archaeological site former capital historical city

Oyo-Ile was the historic political and cultural center of the Oyo Empire, one of the most powerful precolonial Yoruba states in West Africa.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Oyo-Ile canonical	3
Old Oyo	2
Oyo-Ile (Old Oyo)	2
Ibarapa region	1
Oyo	1
Oyo (Oyo Alaafin)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ former capital ⓘ historical city ⓘ
archaeologicalInterest	site of excavations on Oyo Empire history ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Orunmila ⓘ Shango ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Alaafin of Oyo ⓘ
capitalOf	Oyo Empire ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn	Yoruba-speaking communities ⓘ neighboring non-Yoruba polities ⓘ
culturalLegacy	reference point in Yoruba oral traditions ⓘ symbol of Yoruba political power ⓘ
currentCondition	ruins ⓘ
declinePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
economy	agriculture-based economy ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicContext	Yoruba ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy center ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Oyo-Ile ⓘ surface form: Old Oyo Oyo-Ile ⓘ surface form: Oyo-Ile (Old Oyo)
hasHeritageStatus	important Yoruba heritage site ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern period ⓘ precolonial era ⓘ
knownFor	Yoruba cultural traditions ⓘ centralized political administration ⓘ military organization ⓘ palace of the Alaafin ⓘ religious and ritual centers ⓘ
language	Yoruba ⓘ
locatedIn	Oyo Empire ⓘ present-day Nigeria ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Yorubaland
locatedInRegion	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
nearModernSettlement	Oyo ⓘ
politicalInfluenceOn	vassal states of the Oyo Empire ⓘ
politicalSystem	Oyo imperial system ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	West Africa ⓘ
religion	Yoruba religion ⓘ
roleInHistory	center of one of the most powerful precolonial Yoruba states ⓘ
servedAs	capital of the Oyo Empire ⓘ cultural center of the Oyo Empire ⓘ political center of the Oyo Empire ⓘ
tradeRole	regional trade hub ⓘ
transportRole	node on trans-Saharan-related trade routes ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oyo → capitalCityInHistory → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

Shango → cultCenter → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo

Oyo State → containsTraditionalCity → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo (Oyo Alaafin)

Oyo Empire → capital → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

Oyo Empire → hadVassalState → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibarapa region

Oyo Mesi → seatOfPower → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

New Oyo → replaced → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Oyo

Oyo-Ile → hasAlternativeName → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Oyo

Oyo-Ile → hasAlternativeName → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo-Ile (Old Oyo)

Bashorun → seatOfPower → Oyo-Ile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oyo-Ile (Old Oyo)