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Oyo Empire

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The Oyo Empire

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The Great Oyo Empire, Historical and Mythical Facts | TRAILER.

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OYO EMPIRE

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Oyo Empire

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Man Who Has Served Three Different Alafins In Oyo Kingdom

The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire of what is today Western and North central Nigeria. Established in the 15th century, the Oyo Empire grew to become one of the largest West African states. It rose through the outstanding organizational and administrative skills of the Yoruba people, wealth gained from trade and its powerful cavalry. The Oyo Empire was the most politically important state in the region from the mid-17th to the late 18th century, holding sway not only over most of the other kingdoms in Yorubaland, but also over nearby African states, notably the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey in the modern Republic of Benin to the west.
  • Country facts 

  • Mythical origins 

  • Early period (12th century–1535) 

  • The Nupe occupation 

  • Reconquest and expansion 

  • Organization 

  • The Alaafin of Oyo 

  • Selection of the Alaafin 

  • The Councils 

  • Oyo Mesi 

  • Cavalry 

  • The Eso 

  • Metropolitan Army 

  • Zenith 

  • Decline 

  • The Dahomey Revolt 

  • Ago d'Oyo 

  • Final demise