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Monday, November 12, 2012

The Kingdom of Benin

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

The Kingdom of Benin 

illustration of angus mcbride showing the oba (king) of the Benin empire receiving a group of Portuguese ambassadors in the 16th century AD. Before it was destroyed and looted in 1867.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Nh2Tac1gNPU
The Kingdom of Benin

Illustration showing the Oba (king) of the Benin empire receiving a group of Portuguese ambassadors in the 16th century AD. before its destruction and looting in 1867.

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