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| Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 1:02am On Mar 03, 2025*. Modified: 2:43am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Did people from the ancient Benin kingdom conquer Japan? Many Nigerians don't know that there is a period of Japanese history known as the EDO PERIOD, which lasted from 1603 to 1868. The Edo Period of Japan was noted for great progress in administration, architecture, and economic development. Numerous statues and paintings from the Edo Period show clearly African-looking people. Most interestingly, LINGUISTIC similarities have been unearthed between Edo, Igbo, Yoruba etc, with the Japanese language, including hundreds of human names shared. Does the Oba of Benin owe Nigerians an explanation on the Benin Kingdom's links with Japan? By the way, the former name of Tokyo is........Edo. And the national flag of Japan is.. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7a/d3/15/7ad3150c63bb2b10c57ecace026e5980.jpg And the Edo Kingdom's colours are: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/99/ac/0a/99ac0a4ad635666fb11433fd5927cfd9.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/af/ec/b8/afecb8e10bc4e39cbfe6be96ce1ebdd8.jpg Amazing video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JD8FTP1cWQ&t=1414s |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by iamnotillicit(m): 1:04am On Mar 03, 2025 |
No it didn't... I mean it can't 3 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 1:05am On Mar 03, 2025 |
iamnotillicit:Watch the video before commenting. |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by iamnotillicit(m): 1:05am On Mar 03, 2025 |
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| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 1:08am On Mar 03, 2025 |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 1:10am On Mar 03, 2025 |
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| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by mushroomFarm: 1:11am On Mar 03, 2025 |
iamnotillicit:I think you are just arrogant. No smart or well read person will outrightly dismiss an interesting or controversial idea before them no matter how conspicuous the idea is without taking a glance. Chest beaters and noise makers are just like empty drums. I am sorry but I think you read nothing. I am yoruba not Edo. 7 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by iamnotillicit(m): 1:16am On Mar 03, 2025*. Modified: 1:57pm On Mar 04, 2025 |
mushroomFarm:You have been on Nairaland long enough, then you must have come accross this topic and this video more than once... Nothing new, the same half baked research, as a Linguist I know very much there's no relation or contact whatsoever between any Nigerian language/culture and Japanese Language/culture in the period this researcher keeps posting... This poster doesn't even understand etymology, morphology, orthography and phonology of those languages... From one learned Yoruba to another 8 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by iamnotillicit(m): 1:19am On Mar 03, 2025*. Modified: 2:52pm On Mar 03, 2025 |
Catapault:Well you have been corrected severally yet you refuse to be educated... So you don't really know much about languages in the first place You are just trying to be a linguist... It doesn't work that way Languages have history it's not just speculation and isolated similarities 4 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 1:21am On Mar 03, 2025 |
More facts: Edo was a village that became the capital of Japan in 1603 when a military commander Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa Shogunate. Edo grew into a huge city with a population of over a million by the mid-eighteenth century. The name was changed to Tokyo in 1868 when the Tokugawa Shogunate ended and the new emperor, Meiji, moved his residence there.. - The title of the Benin kingdom's top military commander was the IYASE. - A 'Shogunate' is a district managed by an 'Ogun officer' of the type that manned Benin's regions. The Japanese and the Edo people have a similar form of greeting which is Domo. Domo in Edo means 'Greetings'. Domo in Japanese is a way of greeting, and it can work as a 'thank you' in the Japanese world. |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 1:24am On Mar 03, 2025 |
iamnotillicit:This is about far more than linguistic connections. If you are not prepared to watch the video and discuss its findings, leave the thread and stop constituting a nuisance. 1 Like |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 2:25am On Mar 03, 2025 |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Jamie248: 3:36am On Mar 03, 2025*. Modified: 3:58am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Catapault:There are too many stupid people in this country Dude please get sense, please. It's neither good nor godly to be this stupid 3 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Botragelad: 4:16am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Load of rubbish here. Lol 2 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 5:24am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Jamie248:''Stupid'' as in what? Why don't you tell us what exactly is ''STUPID'' about any of this? Can't you express yourself? Or does your tiny brain stop working after typing ''stupid'', STUPID? |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 5:27am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Botragelad:Expected from our resident spokesperson for white supremacist imperialism. Wasn't your story that Africans were running around naked in the bush till the white man 'civilised' them? How dare anyone claim they did anything else?? Poor little baby. Sorry to smash your fantasy. Africans - BLACK AFRICANS - were EVERYWHERE. Mogao Caves, China https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c0/1a/2f/c01a2feb67b8dbca40a1a95b6c6c57da.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a2/33/3d/a2333d2d9b1ee6a84f06c606be946124.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cf/57/95/cf579502484fdabec361ea4592f315f2.jpg |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 5:42am On Mar 03, 2025 |
The MOORS of West Africa who ruled large parts of Europe between the 7th and 16th centuries... https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c6/66/4a/c6664abaa405d9c7ae7e9be45f3b202f.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/76/a0/08/76a0085a2762dd8866de3643d8cc2c91.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e2/a5/40/e2a5406b62e424e5988e675ae46ec7ba.jpg |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 5:51am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Original 'Mary and Jesus'. Italian church.. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0c/85/36/0c8536204b2175b3cb5217374aeb881f.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e3/e6/99/e3e6999b1b0f80c560ec88e6cb5dba91.jpg Cambodia! (Ancient black God) https://i.pinimg.com/736x/54/55/64/545564b072fea37e07e784c68090fa05.jpg |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Sheuns(m): 6:36am On Mar 03, 2025 |
LOL. A simple google search will lead you to Japan’s history. 2 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Sheuns(m): 6:38am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Catapault:Balderdash. 3 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by tollyboy5(m): 6:43am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Stop reposting rubbish! Benin and Japan has no connection 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 6:57am On Mar 03, 2025 |
tollyboy5:SHUT UP YOUR DUMB LIPS. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AFRICAN HISTORY? NAME ONE BOOK YOU'VE READ IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. IGNORANT EMPTY HEAD WITH ATTITUDE. |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 7:00am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Sheuns:History is not THAT ''simple'', especially when we are taking about the history of black Africans and their influence on world civilisation. An influence which has been subjected to significant whitewashing. You have to dig a lot deeper than Wikipedia. 1 Like |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by tollyboy5(m): 7:03am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Catapault:I read history books. You watch YouTube nonsense! 3 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 7:06am On Mar 03, 2025 |
tollyboy5:If you were not a dunce you would know that some YouTube videos quote CREDIBLE historIcal sources, such as the above video, so it is DUMB and IGNORANT to dismiss a video as ''Youtube nonsense'' without prior examination. 2nd, Please NAME THE AFRICAN HISTORY BOOKS YOU CLAIM TO HAVE READ. That's a direct challenge. LIAR. |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Botragelad: 7:17am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Catapault:No. The initial thing I responded to is rubbish. Conduct a proper research. 1 Like |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by tollyboy5(m): 7:28am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Catapault:The Arabs are the Moore's who controlled Spain. The Berbers were like servant and slave to the Moore's. They conquered the native black and use them to conquer Spain. If you tell a Moroccan Moore's that he's black you'll receive some slaps 1 Like |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by ruggedtimi(m): 7:31am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Edo period in japan has nothing to do with Benin 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by tollyboy5(m): 7:32am On Mar 03, 2025 |
Catapault:How old are you? These are stuff that excite secondary school students and jambite. A proper learned adult knows it's YouTube nonsense 2 Likes |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 8:34am On Mar 03, 2025 |
tollyboy5:You are a BRAINWASHED little Nigerian that knows NOTHING about African history or the MOORS. You can't even spell the word properly. It's THE MOORS. There is no 'E'. The MOORS were BLACK AFRICANS. If you go on Google Images and type in ''MOORISH CRESTS'', you will see THOUSANDS of images of medieval European aristocratic family crests and coats-of-arms, with their BLACK AFRICAN progenitors. You will see NO Arabs, because the Moors were BLACK AFRICANS. The MOORS ruled large parts of Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal, for over 800 years up till the 1600s. Their statues are all over Europe, and they are depicted as BLACKS. They even hold annual FESTIVALS in Europe where the whites wear BLACKFACE in celebration of the Moorish era. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a3/db/03/a3db0380694d462843147e94cadb67ee.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/dd/38/a1/dd38a12206aaa2ceeba5177b03f62955.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/af/33/ee/af33ee1828301c7b6cf99cbb2d4edb8c.jpg |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by Catapault(op): 8:40am On Mar 03, 2025 |
ruggedtimi:You DON'T know that, so keep shut. |
| Re: Did The Benin Kingdom Conquer Japan? Oba of Benin Owes Us An Explanation! by tonididdy(m): 8:44am On Mar 03, 2025 |
There's gotta be some collaboration because I personally as an Edo man I'm obsessed with going to Asian countries Japan or Korea |
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