| The customary law of Dahomey also contains provisions on marriage by barter and on widowhood, levirate and succession. |
| Trade was highly organized and, in the kingdoms such as Dahomey and Ashanti, important sectors of the economy were under State control. |
| Today Benin includes not only the ancient Fon kingdom of Dahomey but also areas inhabited by many other groups. |
| The High Commissioner to Nigeria was concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Dahomey, resident in Lagos, Nigeria. |
| A striking photograph of a wood figure of the war god Egbo from Dahomey is uncropped, showing the wall beyond the edges of the seamless paper. |
| The other, Do-Aklin, went north to found the kingdom of Abomey, core of the future Dahomey. |
