Benin Expedition of 1897

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The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a British punitive military campaign that led to the violent conquest and looting of the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria, resulting in the exile of its oba and the dispersal of the famed Benin Bronzes.


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Kingdom of Benin event Benin Expedition of 1897

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