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Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by rosinkkit: 6:45am On Jul 23, 2021 |
EMMY76: Well, who knows? Could have been a powerful figure with supernatural powers, of whom they were many in antiquity. But the accepted history is that the wall was built over a 300 year period and finally completed by Oba Ewuare in the 1400s. According to Wiki The Walls of Benin are a series of earthworks made up of banks and ditches, called Iya in the Edo language, in the area around present-day Benin City, the capital of present-day Edo, Nigeria. They consist of 15 km (9.3 mi) of city iya and an estimated 16,000 kilometres (9,900 miles) of rural iya in the area around Benin. The 'walls' of Benin City and surrounding areas were described as "the world's largest earthworks carried out prior to the mechanical era" by the Guinness book of Records. Some estimates suggest that the walls of Benin may have been constructed between the thirteenth and mid-fifteenth century CE and others suggest that the walls of Benin (in the Esan region) may have been constructed during the first millennium CE. The 'walls' of Benin City and surrounding areas were described as "the world's largest earthworks carried out prior to the mechanical era" by the Guinness book of Records. History First Encounters with the West and Records The Benin City walls have been known to Westerners since around 1500. Around 1500, the Portuguese explorer Duarte Pacheco Pereira, briefly described the walls during his travels. Another description given around 1600, one hundred years after Pereira's description, is by the Dutch explorer Dierick Ruiters. Pereira's account of the walls is as follows: ''This city is about a league long from gate to gate; it has no wall but is surrounded by a large moat, very wide and deep, which suffices for its defence.'' The archaeologist Graham Connah suggests that Pereira was mistaken with his description by saying that there was no wall. Connah says, "[Pereira] considered that a bank of earth was not a wall in the sense of the Europe of his day." Ruiters' account of the walls is as follows: At the gate where I entered on horseback, I saw a very high bulwark, very thick of earth, with a very deep broad ditch....That gate is a reasonable good gate, made of wood in their manner, which is to be shut, and there always there is watch holden.'' Construction Estimates for the initial construction of the walls range from the first millennium CE to the mid-fifteenth century CE. According to Connah, ... [traditional history] and travelers' accounts suggest a construction date of 1450-1500 CE. It has been estimated that, assuming a 10-hour work day, a labour force of 5,000 men could have completed the walls within 97 days, or by 2,421 men in 200 days. However, these estimates have been criticized for not taking into account the time it would have taken to extract earth from an ever deepening hole and the time it would have taken to heap the earth into a high bank. Description The walls were built of a ditch and dike structure; the ditch dug to form an inner moat with the excavated earth used to form the exterior rampart. The Benin Walls were demolished by the British during the Benin Expedition of 1897. Scattered pieces of the structure remain in Edo, with the vast majority of them being used by the locals for building purposes. What remains of the wall itself continues to be torn down for real estate developments. Ethnomathematician Ron Eglash has discussed the planned layout of the city using fractals as the basis, not only in the city itself and the villages but even in the rooms of houses. He commented that "When Europeans first came to Africa, they considered the architecture very disorganised and thus primitive. It never occurred to them that the Africans might have been using a form of mathematics that they hadn’t even discovered yet." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Benin On the 11th of September 1999, popular science writer who had reported on the environment, popular science and development issues from 64 countries over the past 20 years, Fred Pearce, talked about the Walls Of Benin which he published in an article in the widely read science magazine, The New Scientist. He stated that: “They extend for some 16,000km in all, in a mosaic of more than 500 interconnected settlement boundaries. They cover 2, 510 sq. miles (6, 500 square kilometers) and were all dug by the Edo people.” “In all, they are four times longer than the Great Wall of China and consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. They took an estimated 150 million hours .... to construct and are perhaps the largest single archaeological phenomenon on the planet.” https://vocalafrica.com/walls-of-benin/ |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by kingthreat(m): 6:47am On Jul 23, 2021 |
FakeUnity: The Benin kingdom was a powerful kingdom on its own. It was not keen on conquest. Perhaps they did not have a plan for expansion. But they were powerful. |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by ojobek: 6:49am On Jul 23, 2021 |
It pains to be slaves IGBOSON1: 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by sultry69(m): 6:49am On Jul 23, 2021 |
louqas:You mean the terrorist Fulani's, I'm not Igbo,but nobody will be looking a stranger to be terrorising their host. If you are a Fulani,you are a world terrorist. 1 Like
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Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by louqas: 6:56am On Jul 23, 2021 |
sultry69: But will be foolish enough to stay put where they are really hated? If ibos are really hated by other Nigerians they will all be back in the east already or why did they do so in 1966 before the war 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Kyase(m): 6:57am On Jul 23, 2021 |
FakeUnity: Fulani man ”we in the south don’t care who becomes the president as long as he’s a southerner 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Benwallt(m): 6:58am On Jul 23, 2021 |
The igbos here should now know that the yorubas are your best pals. It shows you that you have more enemy in ppl you call friends. There are no differences between an igbo man in the southwest n the locals apart from language. I am not sure the history is true sha because the binis can doctor anything |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by NinjaMetahuman: 6:59am On Jul 23, 2021 |
Boudiccao:because other tribes would ignore him but emotional people of south east wouldn't. That's why it's easier to catch cruise on their flat head. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Boudiccao: 7:06am On Jul 23, 2021 |
NinjaMetahuman: Wrong. Because Nigerians have a communal hatred for Igbos and come together for the purpose of taunting Igbos. Anybody that attacks Igbos receive praise from Nigerians instead of condemnation. On this forum alone, Nigerians celebrate whenever there is an anti igbo rhetoric and thread. You all hold so much hatred and animosity for Igbos. It's ridiculous and disgusting. This is why Nigeria is at the level of backwardness it is in today. You are doing yourselves. |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by NinjaMetahuman: 7:09am On Jul 23, 2021 |
[s] Boudiccao:[/s]yeah yeah Every one just hates Igbos out of over 250 tribes in Nigeria. Same nonsense stories. If everyone hates you, then you are the problem. Sheesh. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Benwallt(m): 7:09am On Jul 23, 2021 |
EmmanuelScott1:Reno could be right though. You suppose to drag Reno and his clan but you chose to drag yoruba in. Maybe you are still afraid of dragging him and his clan for what they did to you ppl. Is Reno a Yoruba Man? You have a pit viper close to your legs but you worrying about a Lion roaring miles away 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by eastOFwest(m): 7:13am On Jul 23, 2021 |
louqas: Which brothers? No be nairaland again? When you see real Igbo thread, you will surely know. louqas: Any supposed support that Reno showed was surely for his own selfish reasons, and was clearly because he was card carrying PDP anti Buhari person. Obviously any group, like IPOB, who had issues with Buhari will be on the same side with him. I'm sure IPOB was ready to flow with him, but that didn't entitle him to take liberties. His wings were clipped and now he is childishly throwing rants upandan like the insecure child I always suspected he was. I never said Reno was jumping to APC (wetin "consign" me), I only used that to buttress how useless and flip flopping, Nigerian politicians are. Very useless people. All of them. louqas: My dear, you obviously have too much time on your hands and you were probably not hugged as a child. Which giving it hot? And to what effect? The only people probably losing any sleep over his childish rants are a small number of people like you on social media, with too much time on their hands. louqas: Bros you should be calming down nah. We will do as we wish and condemn who we want. We don't need any validation from your type. Meanwhile I still claim and accept the fact that our technology made Bini empire great. |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Boudiccao: 7:19am On Jul 23, 2021 |
NinjaMetahuman: What are you canceling? Guilty conscience? You all celebrate anti Igbo rhetorics here like it's Christmas. Nobody says, No, This is wrong. Stop casting aspersions on Igbo people all the time. Anybody that trash talk Igbos become a Legend in Nigeria, that's to show the amount of hatred Nigerians have for Igbos. |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Boudiccao: 7:21am On Jul 23, 2021 |
eastOFwest: Igbos civilized Benin. Even their Bronze works was made by Igbos. As a matter of fact , Igbo arts and Bronze works predate Benin and Yoruba. It's right to say Igbos civilized the rest of Southern Nigeria. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Nobody: 7:27am On Jul 23, 2021 |
eastOFwest: Your technology? or you guys were just the mules? SMH. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Nobody: 7:28am On Jul 23, 2021 |
Boudiccao: SMH. You guys never cease to amaze me. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by YoungBlackRico(m): 7:33am On Jul 23, 2021 |
FakeUnity:Yeah, like it matters what y'all think or want for that matter, be like you don forget the phrase "5%ters" 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by eastOFwest(m): 7:41am On Jul 23, 2021 |
kmcutez: Yes. Our very Igbotic technology |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by YoungBlackRico(m): 7:43am On Jul 23, 2021 |
kmcutez:They never get tired The greatest enemies of igbos right now are the igbos on NL and SM, these millennials have brought more hate and disrepute to that region than whatever it is their forefathers did in the past 4 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Imustnottalk: 7:45am On Jul 23, 2021 |
Frontail:the fear of buhari is the beginning of wisdom |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by eastOFwest(m): 7:45am On Jul 23, 2021 |
kmcutez: You'll keep on being amazed until you go and ask your brother Reno to tell you who the winch is that is romancing him with all these coven tales. |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by eastOFwest(m): 7:47am On Jul 23, 2021 |
YoungBlackRico: .....you wish In your dreams |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Boudiccao: 7:47am On Jul 23, 2021 |
kmcutez: Going by the nonsense Reno is spewing, Igbos built the moat wall, bronze works and civilized Benin. |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by walexbiz(m): 8:25am On Jul 23, 2021 |
Mr Reno Omokri, please dont just dish out information wiithout providing evidence, when I was young I was told the Israelis built the great pyramids it was not until the arrivals of the discovery and History channels on DSTV that I Iearnt that Egyptians built those pyramid with empirical evidence of writing on the wall of the pyramid. |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by FakeUnity: 8:47am On Jul 23, 2021 |
YoungBlackRico: I'm proudly Igbo, What tribe and religion do you belong? |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Nkitara: 9:01am On Jul 23, 2021 |
Ever8090:That was then sir. Ordinary foolanis use them to play hockey talk more of when Igbos bounce on them now. It's history so enjoy it and keep dumb |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by History555: 9:02am On Jul 23, 2021 |
How can a wall be built without bricks or nothing. What kind of wall is that and to call it the largest structure on earth. For real. What then do we call the great walls China and the pyramids. Reno should look for something else to do |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by temitope27(m): 9:08am On Jul 23, 2021 |
Nbotee:can't you read? They are slaves used as labourer and nt architect or engineer. Same as slaves were used to built the pyramid of Egypt 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by Anazp: 9:23am On Jul 23, 2021 |
kingthreat:a United igbo were roundly defeated just after three years of civil war with it's leader running away to Ivory coast 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by kingthreat(m): 9:49am On Jul 23, 2021 |
Anazp: That was a battle they could not win. Same with the present agitation for secession. It is a big shot in their foot, it won't work. The Igbos are better off choosing the right battles and dedicating their energy to it. |
Re: Igbo Slaves Built The Great Wall (Moat) Of Benin - Reno Omokri (Pic) by bjdon: 9:50am On Jul 23, 2021 |
IGBOSON1: Here is an example of exactly what Remo is saying. You take everything as 'Anti-Igbo'. The man is outlining some failings in the Igbo mindset, that have been exploited by other ethnic groups over the years. Rather than ponder on these, you result to saying it's 'Anti-Igbo'. Continue playing the Ostrich with your hand firmly in the sand, all the other groups in Nigeria will produce a president why you guys will be yelling 'Anti-Igbo' all the place 2 Likes 1 Share |
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