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	confederacy - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Phrases that include confederacy: aro confederacy, asante confederacy, ashanti confederacy, bar confederacy, belgic confederacy, more...
		Words similar to confederacy: confederacies, confederation, conspiracy, dixie, dixieland, federation, south, confederate states of america, more...
		Confederacy, confederacy : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=confederacy&ls=a (274 words)

	History
		"The Evolution of the Aro Confederacy in Southeastern Nigeria, 1690-1720: A Theoretical Synthesis of State Formation Process in Africa", Anthropos, vol.
		"The Dating of the Aro Chiefdom: A Synthesis of Correlated Genealogies", History in Africa: A Journal Of Method, Vol.17, 1990.
		"On Aro Primary Source-Material: A Critique of the Historiography", History in Africa: A Journal of Method, Vol.19, 1992 (ASA Publication, Atlanta, USA).
	www.africaresource.com /onl/ohis.htm (274 words)

	AllRefer.com - Nigeria - European Slave Trade In West Africa Nigerian Information Resource
		The Aro confederacy continued to export slaves through the 1830s, but most slaves in the nineteenth century were a product of the Yoruba civil wars that followed the collapse of Oyo in the 1820s.
		During the heyday of the slave trade in the eighteenth century, the major Ijaw villages grew into cities of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants ruled by local strongmen allied with the Aro.
		Resident Aro dominated these markets and collected slaves for export.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/nigeria/nigeria19.html (274 words)

	Aro-Ibibio wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During Arochukwu kingdom's rising, the slave trade became popular and the Aro Confederacy formed.
		By 1902, the war was over and the Aro confederacy collapsed.
		From November 1901, the British fought battles in Arochukwu and surrounding Aro territories.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aro-Ibibio_wars (704 words)

	Nigeria EUROPEAN SLAVE TRADE IN WEST AFRICA - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		The Aro confederacy continued to export slaves through the 1830s, but most slaves in the nineteenth century were a product of the Yoruba civil wars that followed the collapse of Oyo in the 1820s.
		They hoped to tap the fabled Saharan gold trade, establish a sea route around Africa to India, and link up with the mysterious Christian kingdom of Prester John.
		Resident Aro dominated these markets and collected slaves for export.
	www.workmall.com /wfb2001/nigeria/nigeria_history_european_slave_trade_in_west_africa.html (704 words)

	Arochukwu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slave trade formed the Aro Confederacy which was an alliance of strong city states and kingdoms who shared the same religion and ethnicity which was led by the powerful Eze Aro (king of the Aros) and other chiefs and priests of Ibini Ukpabi.
		Arochukwu is believed to have been the homeland of the Ibibio as they arrived in 300 AD from the Benue valley and founded early states like Obong okon Ita and Ibom.
		Arochukwu is a principal historic town in Igboland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arochukwu (601 words)

	West Africa - Psychology Central
		Further east, Oyo arose as the dominant Yoruba state and the Aro confederacy as a dominant Igbo state in modern-day Nigeria.
		Following the 1591 destruction of the Songhai capital by Moroccan invaders, a number of smaller states arose across West Africa, including the Bambara Empire of Ségou, the Bambara kingdom of Kaarta, the Peul/Malinké kingdom of Khasso, and the Kénédougou Empire of Sikasso.
		In the fifteenth century, the Songhai would form a new dominant state based around Gao, the Songhai Empire, under the leadership of Sonni Ali and Askia Mohammed.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/West_Africa (1222 words)

	West Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Further east, Oyo arose as the dominant Yoruba state and the Aro Confederacy as a dominant Igbo state in modern-day Nigeria.
		The northern section of West Africa is composed of semi-arid terrain known as Sahel, a transitional zone between the Sahara desert and the savannahs of the western Sudan to the south.
		West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Africa (1216 words)

	History of West Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Further east, Oyo arose as the dominant Yoruba state and the Aro confederacy around the 18nth and 19nth centuries in the far east in modern-day Nigeria.
		Following the collapse of the Songhai Empire, a number of smaller states arose across West Africa, including the Bambara Empire of Ségou, the lesser Bambara kingdom of Kaarta, the Peul/Malinké kingdom of Khasso (in present-day Mali's Kayes Region), and the Kénédougou Empire of Sikasso.
		In the fifth millennium, as the ancestors of modern West Africans began entering the area, the development of sedentary farming began to take place in West Africa, with evidences of domesticated cattle having been found for this period, along with limited cereal crops.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_West_Africa (1664 words)

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