Key Terms Benin
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Oba
King
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Gwaton (Ughoton)
Main port of Benin
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Edo
Main ethnic group of Benin
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Uzama
6 village chiefs whos job it was to install the new oba
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Olukun
Chief deity – god of waters and prosperity
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Ezomo
Commander of metropolitan army in Edo
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Eghaevo n’ore
Town chiefs
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Eghaevo n’ogbe
Palace chiefs
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Iwebo
Palace chamberlains
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Iwegune
Household officers
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Ibiwe
Attendants of king’s family
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Uzama Nihinron
Councillors of State/Kingmakers
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Edaiken
Crown Prince
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Efas
Priests of the land
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Iyase
Commander of the army and leader of eghaevo n’ore
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Iyoba
Queen mother
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Osa and Osuan
Chief priests
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Ague festival
Festival of purification and self-denial
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Bale-Kale
Representatives of the oba in the provinces
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Odiunwere
Village head
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Onogie
Hereditary village chief
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Ekaiwe
Royal troops
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Isienmwenro
Royal guards
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Edogun
Commander of the royal troops
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Onegwa
Official who announced the oba’s successor from the some point in first half of C17
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Atoro
Law stating that the oba received a chief’s property upon his death – revoked by Ewuakpe before 1701
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