Information
Name: Kingdom of Benin
Type: Polity
Nation: kingdom of benin
Start: 1181
End: 1897
Kingdom of Benin: All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
Was a kingdom in southern Nigeria created by the Edo population. It has no relation to modern-day Benin. It was conquered by the British in a military expedition of 1897 and after a short occupation added to the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.
