Nigeria: Nigeria: An Oba or ruler of the Benin Kingdom progressing on horseback outside Benin City. Illustration by Olfert Dapper (1636-1689), c. 1668. The Benin Empire (1440–1897) was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It is not to be confused with the modern-day country called Benin (and formerly called Dahomey).

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