Why did the Kingdom of Dahomey rise?
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- Why did the Kingdom of Dahomey rise?
- Geography
- located in savannah grasslands, facilitating agriculture and mobility
- agriculture was the main occupation, industries included cotton spinning, cloth weaving, wooding carving and iron works
- protected from coastal raids by Mahi swamplands and forest
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Dahomey had access to European trade and its dominance over Allada
and Whydah, made the port of Ouidah the major trading port in
the region
- c15 - Portuguese exploratory activities
- c1595 - Dutch exploratory activities
- located in savannah grasslands, facilitating agriculture and mobility
- Religion
- c1620 - Dahomey was founded
- a kingdom of Aja people who borrowed many Yoruba traditions and occupied the western portion of the Yoruba-Aja country
- Military
- 1724 and 1727 - Agaja captured Allada and Whydah and chased out the Dutch
- 1680 - 1682 and 1698 - Oyo sent expeditions against Allada weakening it
- 1704 - the Europeans signed a 6-clause convention with Whydah and constitutional issues in Aja were no longer solved according to traditional practice which led to breakdown in Whydah and Allada
- Political
- Akinjogbin: those founding Dahomey rejected the traditional social and political system through the idea of a perforated pot
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qualification for citizenship required a willingness and ability to
serve the king with the emphasis on individuals
- meant that many different people could become Dahomians and so they could quickly replenish their army when required
- c1680 - by the death of Wegbaja he had added 18 more towns and villages to Dahomey, Akaba ascended and the kingdom was attached and nearly destroyed by Weme but the kingdom recovered and expansion continued
- 1708 - by the death of Akaba, the kingdom consisted of at least 40 towns and villages laying across south and south-east of Abomey which could be crossed to raid for slaves
- Geography
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