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The Walls of Benin were a combination of ramparts and moats, called Iya in the local language, used as a defense of the defunct Kingdom of Benin, which is presentday Benin City, the capital of presentday Edo, Nigeria. It was considered the largest manmade structure lengthwise and was hailed as th
Jul 24, 2015
Benin Moat History
Centuries before modern engineering, the Edo people built 16,000 km of walls, moats, and ramparts that protected one of Africa’s greatest kingdoms.This cinematic 70-second story reveals:• How Oba Oguola ordered the legendary wall• How generations of Edo craftsmen built a living fortress• Why the world rarely talks about this global wonder• How colonial forces destroyed much of it• And why the legacy still lives in the soil of modern Benin CityIf you love forgotten history, Africa’s hidden wonder
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Centuries before modern engineering, the Edo people built 16,000 km of walls, moats, and ramparts that protected one of Africa’s greatest kingdoms.This cinematic 70-second story reveals:• How Oba Oguola ordered the legendary wall• How generations of Edo craftsmen built a living fortress• Why the world rarely talks about this global wonder• How colonial forces destroyed much of it• And why the legacy still lives in the soil of modern Benin CityIf you love forgotten history, Africa’s hidden wonder
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