The City of Benin
Date
1971
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Nendeln: KRAUS Reprint
Abstract
Description of the City and cause of depopulation; Names of the City; The Old Palace, its Entrances and Inmates; Process of Rank and File the three Palace Societies; The Compounds of the Chiefs; The Nine Roads or Gate Ways to the City; The Old Streets in the City of Benin; Uzebu and Uselu
Description
The City of Benin lies in the centre of the ancient Kingdom, the induence of which extended as far as Dahomey and the Congo, and especially over Nigeria. Many towns and countries paid tribute to the King of Benin at Benin City through the Governors or chiefs of Benin who were incharge of thevarious towns and countries in those by-gone days.