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The Yoruba States
Oyo Empire and surrounding states c. 1700
The Oyo Empire rose through the outstanding organizational skills of the Yoruba, gaining wealth from trade and its powerful cavalry. It was the most politically important state in the region from the mid-17th century to the late 18th century, holding sway not only over most of the other kingdoms in Yorubaland, but also over nearby African states, notably the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey in the modern Republic of Benin to the west.
The maps shows Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire of what is today Western and North central Nigeria, and Eastern Benin.
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