The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire in West Africa. It was located in present-day southern Benin and western Nigeria (including the South West zone and...

The documented history begins when Oranyan came to rule the Oyo Empire, which became dominant in the early 17th century. The older traditions of the formerly...

Oyo is a city in Oyo State, Nigeria. It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic Oyo empire in the 1830s, and is known to its people as...

present-day Oyo State sits on territory formerly ruled by various kingdoms and empires.[citation needed] The Oyo Empire was a powerful Yoruba empire that ruled...

named after the Oyo Empire Oyo, Oyo State, a city founded in the 1830s as an alternative capital of the remnants of the old Oyo empire Oyo, Congo, a city...

Old Oyo (also known as Oyo-Ile, Oyo Katunga, Oyo-Oro, and Eyo) is the site of the capital city (1400–1835) of the Oyo Empire (occasionally called the Old...

special titles. In Ọ̀yọ empire, the oba is referred to as the Aláàfin, meaning owner of the palace. List of Alaafins of Oyo Oyo Empire Yoruba states List...

was known as the Oyo empire. The Oyo Mesi was made up of the most powerful noblemen in imperial Oyo. No emperor, or Alaafin of Oyo, was capable of being...

Caliphate's main involvement with the Oyo Empire was through Ilorin, a northern Yoruba vassal state of the Oyo Empire. The Ilorin, backed by the Sokoto Caliphate...

Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-521-62724-5. By 1680, the Oyo Empire (in Nigeria) may have exceeded 150,000 square kilometers, though not by...

is considered to be the focal point as he represents the Oyos of West Africa. The Oyo empire sold a lot of people to the Atlantic slave trade who then...

part of the 19th century and incorporated into usage in reference to the Oyo Empire of the time. In his book, Hugh Clapperton began to subject the word to...

old Oyo Empire during the 18th century. From 1650 to 1750, Oyo Empire was at the pinnacle of her greatness, peace, prosperity and wealth. The Empire had...

king of the medieval Oyo empire and present-day Oyo town of West Africa. It is the particular title of the Oba (king) of the Oyo. It is sometimes translated...

towards the Oyo Empire. Shortly after, they overran the Yoruba city of Ilorin and then sacked Ọyọ-Ile, the capital city of the Oyo Empire. Further attempts...

(1727). Wars with the powerful Oyo Empire to the east of Dahomey resulted in Agaja accepting tributary status to that empire and providing yearly gifts....

legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Oyo empire. Although he was the youngest of the descendants of Oduduwa, he became...

a key regional state, after eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire. European visitors extensively documented the kingdom, and it became one...

or traditional ruler, of the Yoruba town of Oyo and rightful heir to the throne of its historic empire. Alaafin Adeyemi III was born Lamidi Olayiwola...

Law summarizes the causes of the wars as the disintegration of the old Oyo Empire after the death of Alaafin Abiodun in 1789 and a resurgence of long-standing...

Oyo Empire's imperial success made the Yoruba language a lingua franca almost to the shores of the Volta. Toward the end of the 18th century, the Oyo...

authority in religious matters. The Oyo Empire (1400–1895) was a West African empire of what is today western Nigeria. The empire was established by the Yoruba...

Benin, Ife Empire and Oyo Empire. The Ife Empire was the first empire in Yoruba history. The Ife Empire lasted from 1200 to 1420. The empire was formed...

tributary status to the Oyo Empire. Afterwards, he dealt with significant domestic dissent, as well as pressure from the British Empire, to end the slave trade...

Orompoto (also spelled Oronpoto) was an Alaafin of the Yoruba Oyo Empire. The empire of which she ruled is located in what is modern day western and north-central...

Ife model of government was adapted at the Oyo Empire, where its obas or kings, called the Alaafins of Oyo, once controlled a large number of other Yoruba...

This is a navigational list of empires. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References External links List of former...

the Ife empire stretched across around three hundred kilometers or one hundred eighty-six miles, and encompassed Owu, Jebba, Tada, and Oyo in the north...

18th-century alaafin, or king, of the Oyo people in what is now Nigeria. Coming to the throne shortly after the Oyo subjugation of neighboring Dahomey,...

of Ilorin was the "Are-Ona-Kakanfo", or chief military leader, of the Oyo Empire. Laderin, the great-grandfather of Afonja, was the founder of Ilorin city...