Nigeria: An Oba or ruler of the Benin Kingdom progressing on horseback. Lithograph by Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847), c. 1815-1827. 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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