Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Royal Palaces of Abomey' has mentioned 'Empire' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| [2][3][4] The Kingdom was founded in 1625 by the Fon people who developed it into a powerful military and commercial empire, which dominated trade with European slave traders on the Slave Coast until the late 19th century, to whom they sold their prisoners of war. | WIKI |
| The opulent palaces built by the 12 rulers of the kingdom within the cloistered site of Abomey, functioned between 1695 and 1900, as the traditional cultural hub of the empire. | WIKI |
| The bas reliefs functioned as a record book (in the absence of written documents) to record the significant events in the evolution of the Fon people and their empire, relating the military victories and power of each king and documenting the Fon people's myths, customs and rituals. | WIKI |