Benin City

Statue in Benin City , Nigeria.

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The walls of Benin City were four times longer than the Great Wall of China and consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. 😮 Benin City was the capital of the Benin Kingdom, dating back to the 11th century, one of the oldest and most advanced states in western Africa. Benin City’s medieval moats and walls demarcated the kingdom in precise fractal patterns. 😍 #MeetAfrica #SpreadPositiveNarrativeAboutAfrica #africanhistory #nigeria #westafrica…

The original core of Baghdad's city is the round city of Baghdad, constructed in ancient times by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in AD 762–766.

Caption translation: Fig. 18. Benin artist molding a group of Europeans. Photographer: Erdmann. 1897. Text: “Due to a particularly ha...

This is the back of the building shown in the previous picture - with the digital clock.

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I spent my childhood in Benin but grew up in France. Last year I returned to rediscover my home country. Click to see what’s great about Benin now. #benin #travel #tourism #africa #westafrica #cotonou #ouidah #voodoo #beninculture #benintravel #benintourist #ganvié #abomey beninlife

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