Imperiu oyo

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 los 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.

Imperiu oyo (de 1400 a 1905)
estáu desapaecíu
Alministración
Capital	Oyo-Ile (en)
Xeografía

Bibliografía

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