Imperiu oyo

Imperiu Oyo
Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́

c. 1400-1896 →
Capital	Oyo-Ile
Relixón	Relixón yoruba
Alaafin
• c. 1400	Oranyan
• 1888–1905	Adeyemi I Alowolodu
Historia
• Afitáu	c. 1400
• Disolución	1896

L'imperiu oyo foi un estáu yoruba qu'ocupó lo que güei ye l'oeste y el norte de Nixeria. Establecíu nel sieglu XIV, convertir n'unu de los estaos más vastos del África precolonial colos que s'atoparon el esploradores europeos. L'imperiu foi la potencia rexonal ente mediaos del sieglu XVII y finales del sieglu XVIII, exerciendo la so influencia sobre'l Reinu de Dahomey y otros reinos de lo que güei ye Nixeria, Benín y Togu.

Bibliografía

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