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King Ghezo

c. 1797-1859 · Africa (Benin/Dahomey) · Modern

Dahomey monarch who restructured his kingdom's economy and military during his reign.

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Africa (Benin/Dahomey)
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Dahomey monarch who restructured his kingdom's economy and military during his reign.

King Ghezo (c. 1797-1859) endures among the great of Africa (Benin/Dahomey). Dahomey monarch who restructured his kingdom's economy and military during his reign. Across the modern age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost. Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

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