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Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 12:41am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Gaddafithe2nd: "The King of Benin can in a single day make 20,000 men ready for war, and, if need be, 180,000, and because of this he has great influence among all the surrounding peoples. . . . His authority stretches over many cities, towns and villages. There is no King thereabouts who, in the possession of so many beautiful cities and towns, is his equal." — Olfert Dapper, Nauwkeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaansche Gewesten (Description of Africa), 1668 5 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by cromz(m): 12:43am On Mar 19, 2016 |
doe:my brother na everything u wan thief? that is an ancient Yoruba civilization. 9 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by macof(m): 12:45am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Mynd44: the last pic is sungbo eredo not the wall of Benin 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Gaddafithe2nd(m): 12:46am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tbaba1234:The city engaged extensively in trade and became wealthy. It was known for its powerful cavalry. The capital city was Oyo-Ile, also sometimes called Katunga or Old Oyo. The palace of the ruler (oba) was the most important building. The large market was the heart of the city. There was a tall wall made of earth around the city for defense. http://www.historywiz.com/oyo.html 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by prey02(f): 12:49am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ESP 111... |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 12:52am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Gaddafithe2nd: No one is saying Oyo is bad and Benin is good. But the wall of Benin is something all Africans should be proud of. Walls of Benin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Walls of Benin were a combination of ramparts and moats, called Iya in the local language, used as a defense of the historical Benin City, formerly of the now defunct Kingdom of Benin and now the capital of the present-day Edo State of Nigeria. It was considered the largest man-made structure lengthwise, second only to the Great Wall of China, and was hailed as the largest earthwork in the world. With more recent work by Patrick Darling [of Bournemouth University, UK], it has been established as the largest man-made structure in the world, larger than Sungbo's Eredo [another massive earthworks in Ijebu Ode]. It enclosed 6,500 km² of community lands. Its length was over 16,000 km of earth boundaries. It was estimated that earliest construction began in 800 AD and continued into the mid 1400's. 6 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 12:55am On Mar 19, 2016 |
VirginFinder:Jesus Christ,wentin concern Bini man concern. agbada,IFA worship in Benin? my friend wake up,just travel to Benin city and stop saying rubbish,the deities in Benin tradictions are Ogun(iron god),oromila,ailala,do u know am a Bini person I have no clue on single sentence in Yoruba means,we Neva know our language finish na Yoruba we wan go learn,which kind inferiority complex dey worry you 6 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by macof(m): 12:56am On Mar 19, 2016 |
doe: MrLouisVanGaal: :-/ lie lie bini and ludicrous claims are inseparable sungbo eredo that was already left desolate before bini empire began? bini empire never extended past akure. ...akure was in fact in constant battles against bini that I cannot safely say Akure was ever subjected 4 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Gaddafithe2nd(m): 12:58am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tbaba1234:Do you still have the remains of the wall. Where is it now? Don't tell me white men or our govt destroyed it. 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 12:58am On Mar 19, 2016 |
macof: Sungbo Eredo and the Benin wall are two different structures. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 1:05am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ycat:abeg swerve,what are even saying seft,common history u dragging rivalry into it,mehnn tribalism for this country nor let una see road gerrahere mehn.u are saying Benin was never an empire?u have no proof whatsoever for your claims,now u don't even trust wikipedia?abeg I have better things to do 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 1:05am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Gaddafithe2nd: I googled and came up with this. 2 Likes
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Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Gaddafithe2nd(m): 1:12am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tbaba1234:Alright |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Gaddafithe2nd(m): 1:14am On Mar 19, 2016 |
erusen: Wikipedia is not a reliable source. It generally uses reliable secondary sources, which vet data from primary sources. If the information on another Wikipedia page (which you want to cite as the source) has a primary or secondary source, you should be able to cite that primary or secondary source and eliminate the middleman (or middlepage in this case). Always be careful of what you read; it may not consistently be reliable because work submitted to Wikipedia can be edited, used, and redistributed by anyone. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 1:21am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Gaddafithe2nd:abeg make I come dey go,I reffered him to wikipedia because he won't believe Bini historians so I was hoping he would observe european travelers who encountered bini in the 15th century,but he wasn't even a knowledge seeker just a tribalist with emotional issues so I just free the guy,meanwhile the best way to know about this stuff is to visit Edo state just tour the different local governments around.from udo to esako u nor even need wikipedia seft. 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by ycat: 1:41am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Get lost! You and who in rivalry? Ode! Benin was NEVER an empire, and you know it. Wikipedia isn't authentic for history, anything can be written there. You people that are more tribalist are the first to play the same card. You were never a great people or world renowned and still ain't. Check, you couldn't colonise the the hamlets around your town, yet you call yourself what again? erusen: 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 1:46am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ycat:abeg leave me I don tire na you know,meanwhile u don't one single PROOF,u are not even an HISTORIAN,and u say u have more authentic history than what again? 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 1:47am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ycat: You can read these books then The Last African Empire by Mr Folorunso Eddo (Author) Benin Empire (Great Civilisations) by Catherine Chambers Stories of the Benin Empire 1964 by Joseph E. Sidahome The Benin Massacre1897 by Boisragon Black empires of the Middle Ages (Lost civilizations)1979 by Philippe Aziz 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by ycat: 1:53am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Benin was NEVER an empire, it doesn't matter how many surrogate writers you employ to write books. There was a documentary shown here recently about Benin, and the white man said Benin kingdom. tbaba1234: 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by ycat: 2:05am On Mar 19, 2016 |
If you are tired, go and sleep. Not all historians are legit, that's why they have to be corroborated and discoveries are analyzed by experts. Your stories can't be corroborated within Nigeria, and don't make sense. - erusen: 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 2:23am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ycat:my "stories"are on Wikipedia which is far greater than ALL the source you know,why am I even talking to an inrelevant illiterate like you who claim to know more history than wikipedia,man Bleep off my mentions 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by ycat: 2:39am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Wikipedia is just what it is. You can go and kill yourself because I won't buy your fake story. Your forefathers came to Nigeria with white people as porters. Your heritage is that of a nobody. Useless people claiming empire. Not only empire na umbrella. You are looking for illiterate when your foremost teacher can read to save her life. You are a people colonised Yoruba. erusen: |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 2:58am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ycat:oh I knew it,so one of those idiot claiming Benin as part of yoruba clan,you won't buy history fine, u are not the first to argue with wikipedia,but know what the Whole world will see Benin empire there why you be here singing I won't buy(who force you to buy)and for the very last time Bleep off my mentions |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by ycat: 3:09am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Foool, The original bini was a land with some Yoruba from Oranmiyan, not you impostors, and Yoruba was the first oba of that land. You probably just found about wiki. So how did you tell your story before now? The whole world can't see what wasn't there, only now you inferior schizophrenic people are just trying to make up history for yourselves, you didn't have any. erusen: 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by texanomaly(f): 4:40am On Mar 19, 2016 |
saintdennis: Which version of history are you talking about here? On this one thread few can agree on where boundaries were, who lived where, what they wore, what language was spoken first, which religions were here first and which tribe was most influential. Imagine a history class where radical tribalists start physically fighting each other over perceived differences. Is Nigeria ready to collect it's various histories and become one nation? I often wonder. I've been talking to Nigerians for a few years now. Is it possible to write a history book that won't cause a riot? You tell me? History is extremely important. If nothing else, so we don't make the same mistakes over and over. It is also important to know where we come from. Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ~ George Santayana 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tpiar: 4:41am On Mar 19, 2016 |
it cant be gone without a trace when its not Atlantis. 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Hotguy27: 4:44am On Mar 19, 2016 |
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Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 5:08am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Gaddafithe2nd: Can we see pictures of the great wall of Oyo empire? 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 5:17am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ycat: Do you even know the meaning of Yoruba? A derogatory word derived from yar'riba. Used by the fulani jihadist to refer to ur ancestors as conquered tribe and runaway slaves from north east Africa? Oyo itself was never an empire but a military brigade used by criminals to raid traders until they were sacked severally by d nupe n final blowdealt by alimi n co. 5 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tpiar: 5:36am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Hotguy27: dont post crap after me plz. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by 5starmilitant: 5:44am On Mar 19, 2016 |
VirginFinder: You're a buhari (dead brain). The Benin kingdom is the most supreme. The Yoruba history is not authentic. I stay at Ibadan, and believe me when I say I've heard like 3 different story about the Yorubas. 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tpiar: 5:48am On Mar 19, 2016 |
the op is not even from Benin, so why the thread? |
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