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Oct 19, 2023 · The historical kingdom of Benin was established in the forested region of West Africa in the 1200s C.E. According to history, the Edo people of southern Nigeria founded Benin. They no longer wanted to be ruled by their kings, known as the ogisos. They asked a prince from Ife, an important West African kingdom, to take control.
Benin City. / 6.33333°N 5.62222°E / 6.33333; 5.62222. Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, southern Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano, and Ibadan. [2] It is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Benin River and 320 kilometres (200 ...
The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo-jidai), also called the Tokugawa period, is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1867. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the restoration ...
The arts of the Edo period. Under the aegis of this philosophy of life, the Edo era saw the birth of arts of exceptional refinement (painting, ukiyo-e, ceramics, lacquer, sculpture, weapons and armor) and extremely popular entertainment. Kabuki played for the first time by Izumo no Okuni in 1603 on a makeshift scene installed in the dry bed of ...
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EDO recognises the traditional owners and custodians of the land, seas and rivers of Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders past and present, and aspire to learn from traditional knowledge and customs so that, together, we can protect our environment and cultural heritage through law.
May 22, 2020 · Location. Edo in the early 1830s is a bustling city of more than a million people. It is by far the largest city in Japan, and, although few of its residents know it, one of the largest cities in the world. Founded as a fortified castle town in the late 1500s by the samurai general Tokugawa Ieyasu, during its more than 200 years of history, Edo ...
