Ife Kingdom
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Ife Kingdom was an ancient Yoruba city-state in what is now southwestern Nigeria, revered as a major cultural and spiritual center and often regarded as the cradle of Yoruba civilization.
Aliases (2)
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba city-state
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ancient city → historical kingdom → |
| archaeologicalSite |
Ile-Ife archaeological complex
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| artStyle |
Ife art
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| capital |
Ile-Ife
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| culturalInfluenceOn |
Benin Kingdom
→
Oyo Empire → other Yoruba kingdoms → |
| ethnicGroup |
Yoruba people
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| foundationalMyth |
creation of the world by Oduduwa
→
origin of the Yoruba people → |
| hasDeity |
Obatala
→
Oduduwa → Ogun → Orunmila → |
| hasLanguage |
Yoruba language
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| hasMythicStatus |
navel of the world in Yoruba cosmology
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| hasRulerTitle |
Ooni of Ife
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| hasSuccessionMyth |
dispersal of Yoruba princes to found other kingdoms
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| hasUNESCORecognition |
Ile-Ife artworks exhibited as world heritage of African art
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| knownFor |
Ifa divination tradition
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advanced metalworking → court art → naturalistic brass heads → religious festivals → terracotta sculptures → |
| locatedIn |
Nigeria
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Southwestern Nigeria → Yorubaland → |
| materialUsedInArt |
copper alloy
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stone → terracotta → |
| modernLocationCorrespondsTo |
city of Ile-Ife in Osun State, Nigeria
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| partOf |
precolonial West Africa
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| periodOfFlourishing |
circa 11th–15th centuries CE
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| politicalStructure |
city-state
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sacred kingship → |
| religiousInstitution |
Ifa priesthood
→
Ooni palace cults → |
| religiousTradition |
Yoruba religion
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| reveredAs |
cradle of Yoruba civilization
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major cultural center → major spiritual center → |
| tradeActivity |
regional trade in West Africa
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Yoruba
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foundedKingdom |
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Yoruba people
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historicalState |
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Oyo Empire
("Yoruba city-states")
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influenced |
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Kingdom of Benin
("Kingdom of Ife")
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neighbor |