Masarautar Benin
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Masarautar Benin, wacce kuma ake kira daular Edo, ko kuma daular Benin (Bini: Arriọba ɗo ) wata masarauta ce a yankin kudancin Najeriya a yanzu.[1] Ba ta da dangantaka ta tarihi da jamhuriyar Benin ta zamani,[2] wacce aka fi sani da Dahomey daga karni na 17 har zuwa shekara ta 1975. Masarautar Benin babban birnin jihar ita ce Edo, wacce a yanzu ake kiranta da birnin Benin a jihar Edo, Najeriya. Masarautar Benin ta kasance "ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin jihohin da suka fi ci gaba a gabar tekun yammacin Afirka". Ta girma ne daga Masarautar Edo da ta gabata ta Igodomigodo a wajajen karni na 11 miladiyya, [3] kuma ta daɗe har zuwa lokacin da Daular Burtaniya ta mamaye ta a shekarar 1897.