Middle Ages
Kingdom of Benin
- Period
- AD 1279 – AD 1899
- Duration
- approx. 620 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1279
- Area (max.)
- approx. 109,000 km²
Period and duration
Kingdom of Benin — according to the map data from AD 1279 to AD 1899, roughly 620 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Kingdom of Benin — greatest extent around AD 1279: the mapped borders then cover about 109,000 km², roughly 0.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1278)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around AD 1279
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Bantu peoples
- Tuareg people
- Mali Empire
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1279 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Kingdom of Benin on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.