Early modern period
Oyo Empire
- Period
- AD 1609 – AD 1835
- Duration
- approx. 226 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1769
- Area (max.)
- approx. 89,000 km²
Period and duration
Oyo Empire — according to the map data from AD 1609 to AD 1835, roughly 226 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
Oyo Empire — greatest extent around AD 1769: the mapped borders then cover about 89,000 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 1608)
After
No successors in the map data.
Neighbours around AD 1769
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- Hausa Kingdoms
- Dutch Republic
- Mossi Kingdoms
- Ashanti Empire
- New France
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1769 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Oyo Empire 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.