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Esigie

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Oba Esigie was an Oba (king) of Benin who ruled the ancient Benin Kingdom, now Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria (c.1504–c.1550). [1]

9 relations: Benin City, British Museum, Edo State, Idia, Igala people, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nigeria, Oba of Benin, Ozolua.

Benin City

Benin City is the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria.

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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Edo State

Edo is a state in Nigeria.

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Idia

Queen Idia was the mother of Esigie, the Oba of Benin who ruled from 1504 to 1550.

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Igala people

The Igala are an ethnic group of Nigeria.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Oba of Benin

The Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler of the Edo people and all Edoid people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire - a West African empire centred on Benin City, in modern-day Nigeria.

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Ozolua

Ozolua, originally called Okpame and later called Ozolua n'Ibaromi (Ozolua the Conqueror), was an Oba of the Kingdom of Benin from 1483 until 1514.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esigie

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