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Benin: 1400 to 1900: Africa

By: Elizabeth Rholetter Purdy
In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt & Carolyn M. Elliott
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology

The west African nation that exists as modern-day Benin began its life as the kingdom of Dahomey in the 15th century and later became one of the wealthiest nations in Africa. It was also a nation of despots and of people ...

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  Purdy, E. (2012). Benin: 1400 to 1900: africa. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. II110-II111). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n260
  
  Purdy, E. (2012). Benin: 1400 to 1900: africa. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. II110-II111). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n260
  
  Purdy, E. (2012). Benin: 1400 to 1900: africa. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. II110-II111). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n260
  
  Purdy, E. (2012). Benin: 1400 to 1900: africa. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. II110-II111). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n260
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