Kingdom of Dahomey

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West African state precolonial African kingdom

The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful precolonial West African state known for its centralized monarchy, extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, and elite corps of women warriors often called the Dahomey Amazons.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Dahomey canonical 26
Dahomey 7
Dahomey (Benin) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West African state ⓘ
precolonial African kingdom ⓘ
capital Abomey ⓘ
conflict Second Franco-Dahomean War ⓘ
surface form: Franco-Dahomean Wars

wars with Oyo Empire ⓘ
conqueredBy French Third Republic ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culturalPractice annual customs ⓘ
human sacrifice at royal ceremonies ⓘ
currencyOrTribute cowries ⓘ
economyBasedOn palm oil trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
endTime 1894 ⓘ
ethnicBase Fon people ⓘ
event Second Franco-Dahomean War ⓘ
expandedUnder King Agaja ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
centralized monarchy ⓘ
knownFor Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Dahomey Amazons ⓘ
female military regiment ⓘ
legacy influenced modern Republic of Benin ⓘ
majorPort Ouidah ⓘ
Whydah ⓘ
militaryUnit Dahomey Amazons ⓘ
Mino ⓘ
notableRuler King Agaja ⓘ
King Béhanzin ⓘ
King Ghezo ⓘ
King Glele ⓘ
partOf Slave Coast ⓘ
politicalStructure powerful palace bureaucracy ⓘ
royal court at Abomey ⓘ
presentDayLocation Benin ⓘ
primaryLanguage Fon ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religion Vodun ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ
surface form: West African traditional religion
startTime 17th century ⓘ
successorState Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
French West Africa ⓘ
surface form: French Dahomey
symbol royal appliqué banners ⓘ
timelineNote fell to French colonial conquest in 1894 ⓘ
tributaryTo Oyo Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

West Africa → hadHistoricState → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
French West Africa → includesTerritory → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Melville J. Herskovits → notableWork → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom
Melville J. Herskovits → studiedIn → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey (Benin)
Benin → formerName → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Benin → historicalRegion → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
French Community → memberState → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Oyo → influenced → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Oyo Empire → tradedWith → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Oyo Empire → hadVassalState → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey (for part of its history)
Ordre de l’Étoile noire → originalCountry → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Royal Palaces of Abomey → formerPoliticalCenterOf → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Royal Palaces of Abomey → formerSpiritualCenterOf → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Royal Palaces of Abomey → builtFor → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: kings of Dahomey
Ouidah → conqueredBy → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Abomey → partOf → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Abomey → formerCapitalOf → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Dahomey and the Slave Trade → mainSubject → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
West Africans → hasHistoricalState → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Abeokuta wars → attackers → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Abeokuta wars → historicalRegion → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Abeokuta wars → belligerent → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey kings
Rada lwa → geographicOriginRegion → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey area of West Africa
The Woman King → setIn → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
King Ghezo → country → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
King Ghezo → dynasty → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey royal dynasty
King Béhanzin → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
King Béhanzin → ruledOver → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Whydah → laterPartOf → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Whydah → conqueredBy → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Dahomey Amazons → country → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Fon people → historicalState → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Second Franco-Dahomean War → location → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Second Franco-Dahomean War → belligerent → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Second Franco-Dahomean War → combatant → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahomey
Colony of Dahomey → precededBy → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Colony of Dahomey → modernNameDerivedFrom → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic Kingdom of Dahomey
Slave Coast → associatedPolity → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Mino → country → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Mino → languageContext → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fon-speaking Kingdom of Dahomey
King Agaja → countryRuled → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
King Glele → country → Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ