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Benin History - English
URL: http://tps.dpi.state.nc.us/connectafrica/benin/history.html

The history of Benin is indegenous. It was thought that before 1600 that the Adja people migrated from the town of Tado to the Mono River ( in Togo), settling at Alada, where they mixed the Fon and founded a kingdom. Early in the 17th century a dynastic dispute resulted in the establishment of two rival states in Abomy.

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Benin Bronze and History @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - English
URL: http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Collections/benin.html

The art of Benin is the product of an urban royal court, and is meant to symbolize and to extol the power, mystique, grandeur, continuity, and endurance of the ruling dynasty and its governing institutions.

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The Abomey Historical Museum - French, English
URL: http://www.epa-prema.net/abomey/

Discover the Museum of Abomey, in Benin: history, architecture, collections, teaching resources, games.

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Map of Benin - English
URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/africa/Benin.GIF

GIF image 1006x1204 pixels.

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