Abeokuta wars

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19th-century conflict war

The Abeokuta wars were 19th-century conflicts in what is now southwestern Nigeria, in which the Egba people defended the city of Abeokuta against repeated attacks from neighboring powers such as the Dahomey kingdom.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Abeokuta wars canonical	1
Dahomey–Egba wars	1
Egba wars of the 19th century	1
First Dahomey–Egba war	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
associatedWithRuler	King Ghezo of Dahomey ⓘ King Glele ⓘ surface form: King Glele of Dahomey
attackers	Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ other neighboring Yoruba polities ⓘ
belligerent	Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ surface form: Dahomey kings Egba council of chiefs ⓘ surface form: Egba chiefs
conflictType	series of wars ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
defenders	Egba people ⓘ
ethnicContext	Yoruba–Fon relations ⓘ
hasPart	Dahomey attack on Abeokuta in 1851 ⓘ Dahomey attack on Abeokuta in 1864 ⓘ Abeokuta wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Dahomey–Egba war Second Franco-Dahomean War ⓘ surface form: Second Dahomey–Egba war
historicalRegion	Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
impact	limitation of Dahomey expansion inland ⓘ strengthening of Egba political cohesion ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	Egba ⓘ Fon ⓘ
languageContext	Yoruba language ⓘ
locatedIn	Abeokuta ⓘ Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Nigeria Yorubaland ⓘ
mainParticipants	Egba people ⓘ
militaryStrategy	defensive warfare behind city fortifications ⓘ
notableFor	successful defense of Abeokuta against Dahomey ⓘ
opponent	Dahomey army ⓘ
partOf	19th-century West African conflicts ⓘ Yoruba internecine wars ⓘ
primaryCause	regional power rivalry ⓘ slave-raiding and control of trade routes ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
relatedTo	Abeokuta wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dahomey–Egba wars Yoruba wars ⓘ
result	Egba defensive victories ⓘ repulsion of Dahomey attacks ⓘ
significantPlace	Abeokuta city walls ⓘ Ogun River region ⓘ
startTime	19th century ⓘ
timePeriod	c. 1840s–1860s ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Egba → associatedWith → Abeokuta wars ⓘ

Abeokuta → historicalEvent → Abeokuta wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egba wars of the 19th century

Abeokuta wars → hasPart → Abeokuta wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Dahomey–Egba war

Abeokuta wars → relatedTo → Abeokuta wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dahomey–Egba wars