When did the Benin Kingdom begin and end?
What happened before? What events were happening elsewhere in the world during the time of
the Benin Kingdom? What happened after?
Why do you think the Edo people built a moat around the kingdom?
The Great Benin Wall
Diagram: The Great Benin Wall (Source:
Kingdom of Benin website).
Photograph: View along a street in the royal
quarter of Benin City, 1897 (source: The British
Museum/Trustees of the British Museum).
The Great Benin Wall
The Obas of Benin Kingdom built up a
vast army. Using the text and
diagram on the expansion of the
Benin Kingdom to help you, why do you think doing
this helped make Benin Kingdom more powerful?
The Great Benin Wall
Building up a vast army helped make the Benin Kingdom
more powerful because_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reasons why Benin grew into such a successful empire
What do you think is the most
important reason?
What do you think is the least
important reason for the empire’s
success?
Why do you think this?