How To Use Dahomey In A Sentence
- In 1821 the Kakanfo's threat to Abomey and his capability to defend Oyo territory ended in his rout by the Dahomey army, and by 1830 Shabe had been razed and the cavalry no more to be seen.
- Dahomey is the same as Benin in the previous line name changed in 1975, before Cambodia was called Kampuchea Archive 2006-08-01
- About the year 1728 the territory now known as Dahomey was subject to three native dynasties, one of which at that date conquered the other two and set up its own despotism under the present territorial designation. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
- Jan. 27, 2009 - Jim Hyres (Nation once known as Dahomey / Game with "Out of Gas" cards / Big name in retail jewelry / Myopic Mr.) Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
- The legendary traveler's books are set not only at the tip of South America but also in Dahomey now Benin, the Welsh border country, Australia and communist Czechoslovakia. The News From Everywhere
- 2,000 Catholics in Dahomey 1830; active mission in interior 1860; French colonize 1872; resist signing protectorate treaty with Great Britain but after 8 British representatives killed, a British punitive expedition in 1897 destroyed much of Benin City and the country.. A survey of West Africa: a Chronology
- The Kingdom of Benin (not to be confused with the present-day Republic of Benin, called Dahomey until 1975) had been well known to Europeans since the Age of Exploration; however, the original significance of its artistic objects was never understood. Dani Karavan's Monumental Work
- With its demoniac passions, its satanic ambition, desecrating the remains of the slain, making goblets of their skulls, and trinkets of their bones, this revolt is a heliograph of Dahomey, and Devildom daguerreotyped more vividly than by The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
- That, and "Dahomey", gives it a really hilarious anachronistic feel. Video map: Yakko's world!
- Kerchache, who was born in Rouen, was 24-years-old when he first alighted in the Kingdom of Dahomey now the Republic of Benin with little more than the clothes on his back, a medical kit, a Dictaphone, a camera and an 8mm movie camera. Voodoo Still Casts Its Spell
