Benin City

Benin City is a city (2006 est. pop. 1,147,188) and the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria. It is a city approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Benin River. It is situated 320 kilometres (200 mi) by road east of Lagos. Benin is the centre of Nigeria's rubber industry, but processing palm nuts for oil is also an important traditional industry.

History

The original people and founders of the Benin Empire, the Edo people, were initially ruled by the Ogiso (Kings of the Sky) dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. The rulers or kings were commonly known as Ogiso. Igodo, the first Ogiso, wielded much influence and gained popularity as a good ruler. He died after a long reign and was succeeded by Ere, his eldest son. In the 12th century, a great palace intrigue and battle for power erupted between the warrior crown prince Ekaladerhan son of the last Ogiso and his young paternal uncle. In anger over an oracle, Prince Ekaladerhan left the royal court with his warriors. When his old father the Ogiso died, the Ogiso dynasty was ended as the people and royal kingmakers preferred their king's son as natural next in line to rule.

Benin Empire

The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial empire located in what is now southern Nigeria. Its capital was Edo, now known as Benin City, Edo. It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey. The Benin Empire was "one of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal hinterland of West Africa, dating perhaps to the eleventh century CE", until it was annexed by the British Empire in 1897.

The original people and founders of the Benin Empire, the Edo people, were initially ruled by the Ogiso (Kings of the Sky) dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. The rulers or kings were commonly known as Ogiso. Igodo, the first Ogiso, wielded much influence and gained popularity as a good ruler. He died after a long reign and was succeeded by Ere, his eldest son. In the 12th century, a great palace intrigue and battle for power erupted between the warrior crown prince Ekaladerhan son of the last Ogiso and his young paternal uncle. In anger over an oracle, Prince Ekaladerhan left the royal court with his warriors. When his old father the Ogiso died, the Ogiso dynasty was ended as the people and royal kingmakers preferred their king's son as natural next in line to rule.

Benin (disambiguation)

Benin is a modern country in Africa, the former colony of French Dahomey.

Benin can also mean:

  • Benin Empire, a historical state in Western Africa
  • Republic of Benin (Nigeria), a short-lived former state in 1967, located in present Nigeria
  • Benin City, a city in Nigeria, formerly capital of the short-lived Republic of Benin
  • Benin Province, a former province of Nigeria
  • Bight of Benin, a bight on the western African coast
  • Benin River, a river in Southern Nigeria, flowing into the Bight of Benin
  • Benin Bronzes, a collection of more than 1,000 brass plaques from the royal palace of the Benin Empire
  • Podcasts:

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    B N U

    by: D12

    Heyyyy Boys and girls! And all you dirty heads out there!
    Let's take a trip to the world of D-12
    The hardest boy band in the world!
    Ha Ha Ha, Straight From... Detroit Michigan
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    One thing with, me and you
    You'll see what, I can do
    When I do, what I do
    Then I bet, you will not, bother me
    Like you do, cuz youll find
    You would rather, spend your time B.N.U
    (Kon Artis)
    You think you know it all don't you dawg all about my life and all
    Why I'm poppin this vicodin and drinkin all this alcohol
    All up in these clubs throwin up like I ain't got them all
    But that's just what you see when you see me hangin wit bringin 'em
    It's Funny when I'm bustin my ass for this money and
    You ain't never round helpin out but shows you come to them
    Run to them wantin in, 30 Niggaz long when you called me to the door
    I totally ignore your friends and then they talk behind my back again
    I'm back to doin smack again, I have another baby cuz safe sex I ain't practicin
    Blazey Bla to squeezey squee, bein fake and Bein me is just your misconception of perception are you're seein me?
    If I could just, take you through
    One thing with, me and you
    You'll see what, I can do
    When I do, what I do
    Then I bet, you will not, bother me
    Like you do, cuz youll find
    You would rather, spend your time B.N.U
    (Proof)
    I ain't gotta like you dude, plenty of time to fight you thru
    Arrogant this might be true, smack your bitch slightly boo
    Runnin from the white and blue for blowin up a bible school
    Lemme show what this rifle do, to ill I got a license too
    Nice of you to think I'm not, but I'm ill this true poppin pills shootin guns
    Goin to jail (I'll shit on you), yes I'm lotto touched the wire, fuckin bust a nut in Myers
    Kelly didn't touch that girl, then again I'm such a liar, this is me all day
    You rubbin me the wrong way, listen what the song say and past the fuckin Bombay
    Andele' on the over play for the under play Andre is more swift with gun play
    One day I'm Proof, next I'm Harry, teks I carry on the run way its necessary that my sex is very nun gay
    Hey D-12 we don't play with them gays blame it on our mama's this the way we was raised
    If I could just, take you through
    One thing with, me and you
    You'll see what, I can do
    When I do, what I do
    Then I bet, you will not, bother me
    Like you do, cuz youll find
    You would rather, spend your time B.N.U
    (Swifty)
    They like to know what I can do they ain't got the slightest clue
    Question my integrity, I mean it Nigga who is you
    You better be prepared for beef we don't need a new recruit
    Blow a hole inside of Niggaz bigger than a hoola hoop
    See I know the Business, who the hell you talkin stupid too?
    Fuck you up have your face lookin like a rubix cube
    You can walk the good with me, we can take an acid break
    All you gotta do is chew, tablet Nigga have a drink, gamble
    Wit us, rob a bank (Man this shit ain't new to you)
    What the fuck you Niggaz think, I can shoot at Muslims too
    Nigga hey what about that pretty bitch you call your wife, I'ma hit it Nigga
    I been suckin titties all my life, stealin shit and startin fights
    Pissin on your lawns at night, we hard to get along wit
    Stay honor it like dolomite, Nigga you can be polite, I don't talk to people right
    And so does the rest of us, you hatin us cuz we alike
    If I could just, take you through
    One thing with, me and you
    You'll see what, I can do
    When I do, what I do
    Then I bet, you will not, bother me
    Like you do, cuz youll find
    You would rather, spend your time B.N.U
    (Bizarre)
    Hey boys and girls, takin drugs is real cool, hangin out in the nude
    Actin like a damn fool, its the big guy with the shower cap, kickin sick raps
    Talkin bout fuckin kids in the ass crack, never mind Bizarre, you know he's on medication
    Smokin weed, drinkin brew, third grade education, all in your house, blunt in my mouth
    Call you a bitch and pee on your spouse
    (Kuniva)
    Look I don't like the chitter chatter, ask the faggots if it matters
    Then I'd have to splatter rappers just for actin target practice
    Time for action, I'm Kuniva, (Punk) the wet vagina finder, (Punk) so never mind your rhymin
    Chumps you might see me behind a pump and yes it damages
    And puts Niggaz in bandages and yes I love my pistol like Bizarre loves all his sandwiches
    Business is strenuous you fuckin wit some geniuses so many people on my nutz
    I wonder how my penis is, girls are prudent wit bodies like Venus and Serena's is
    I turn 'em down my wife'll kill me if she every seen this shit, I mean this shit
    I'm silly man, I'm smart I'm really ignorant I'm innocence and guilty at the same time
    Go and figure it
    If I could just, take you through
    One thing with, me and you
    You'll see what, I can do
    When I do, what I do
    Then I bet, you will not, bother me
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