Kingdom of Dahomey

State · 1600–1894 CE · at its largest around 1727 CE

Fon kingdom ruled from Abomey that conquered the coastal ports of Allada and Ouidah in the 1720s and became a major Atlantic slave-trading state; conquered by France in 1894.

On its lands while it lasted

Kingdom of Dahomey (c. 1600–1904 CE): Fon kingdom centred on Abomey in present-day Benin, known for its female soldiers and its role in the Atlantic slave trade; conquered by France in 1894.