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Benin City

1180 CE

Capital of the powerful Benin Empire, center of West African ivory, pepper, and bronze-casting trade.

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Standing in 1180 CE

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Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Denmark Polity · Europe Founded 800 CE · attested to 2026 CE Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing Byzantine–Arab Wars Conflict · Europe 629 CE – 1180 CE

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