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	Houegbadja
		Houegbadja was the first of the dynasty to set up the kingdom in Abomey proper: he founded the city by building his palace (named "Agbome"--in the midst of the ramparts) near the area of Guedevi[?], a few kilometers to the northwest of Bohicon[?].
		Houegbadja's symbols were a fish (houe[?]), fish trap (adja), and war club hoe (kpota[?]).
		Houegbadja was succeded by his son, Houessou Akaba.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ho/Houegbadja.html (111 words)

	The 12 Kings of Dahomey
		Dakodonou is portrayed as a brutal and violent man. His symbols were an indigo jar (a reference to his murder of a certain indigo planter named Donou and whose name he appended to his own original name, 'Dako'), a tinder box, and a war club.
		Houegbadja was the first of the dynasty to set up the kingdom in Abomey proper: he founded the city by building his palace (named "Agbome"—“in the midst of the ramparts”) near the area of Guedevi, a few kilometers to the northwest of Bohicon.
		He succeeded his father, Aho Houegbadja, and ruled from 1685 to 1704.
	newafrikanvodun.com /12kings.html (3126 words)

	Houegbadja
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		Aho Houegbadja war der dritte König von Dahomey.
		Houegbadja war der erste der Dynastie dessen Herrschaftszentrum in Abomey stand: er gründete die Stadt durch den Bau seines Palastes ("Agbome" genannt - inmitten des Festungswalles).
	www.weblexikon.de /Houegbadja.html (114 words)

	Houegbadja Encyclopédie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Aho Houegbadja fut le troisième roi du Dahomey.
		Houegbadja était le premier de la dynastie à instaurer le royaume du Dahomey : il fonda la cité en construisant son palais (nommé Agbome qui signifie au milieu des remparts) près de Guedevi, à quelques kilomètres au nord-ouest de Bohicon.
		Houegbadja (1645-1685) who imposed himself on the Guedevi in the real founder of the kingdom of Abomey.
	www.encyclopedie.cc /topic/Houegbadja.html (258 words)

	Wegbaja \| Urdu \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Aho Houegbadja war der dritte König von Dahomey.
		Houegbadja war der erste der Dynastie dessen Herrschaftszentrum in Abomey stand: er gründete die Stadt durch den Bau seines Palastes ("Agbome" genannt - inmitten des Festungswalles).
		Aho Houegbadja est traditionnellement le troisième des douze rois du Dahomey.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Wegbaja/Urdu (320 words)

	Houegbadja - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Houegbadja was succeeded by his son, Houessou Akaba.
		This page was last modified 00:04, 20 September 2006.
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	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Wegbaja (148 words)

	BlogNomic: Epic: The Defender of Kings
		Aho Houegbadja was the third King of Dahomey, which would eventually become Benin.
		He was wise and well loved by all people, except perhaps by the human sacrifices killed to honor his ancestors, or those sent into slavery by him, or by his many enemies; but everyone else loved Houegbadja, for if they did not love him, they could get visited by his fearsome Amazon guards.
		She defended the father of Aho Houegbadja and his father before him, and kings and queens before them.
	blognomic.com /archive/epic_the_defender_of_kings (444 words)

	WEGBAJA Articles Aho Houegbadja was the third King o
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	Excavation of the Moat of Abomey
		The moat of Abomey was - according to the oral tradition - constructed by King Houegbadja (1645-1685), who moved his palace and capital to Abomey and surrounded it in a rectangular (European) manner with ramparts and moat.
		As site for excavation a locality was chosen just west of the main market place - the oldest part of the city - where one might expect to discover a particularly rich sample of artefact types.
		Large amounts of local shards, found in association with European glass bottles, human bones and charcoal, were subsequently deposited in the moat.
	worldarchaeology.net /benin/excavation_moat.htm (410 words)

	Abomey - Encyclopedia.com
		Houegbadja was the third king of a royal...
		by a dynasty of kings since the early 17th century, the powerful kingdom of Dahomey was administered from the capital city of Abomey, founded by King Houegbadja in 1645.
		Here the king and subsequent rulers built a complex of palaces, unique in West Africa...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Abomey.html (1037 words)

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		This rivalry prompted various migrations and one royal line, under King Houegbadja, defeated a local ruler and settled at Abomey.
		Houegbadja then began building his royal palace, and from this power base established an administrative bureaucracy, imposing taxation and a rapid military expansion of his kingdom.
		Houegbadja's son, Akaba, annually demanded more of Dan's land until Dan exclaimed "soon you will be building on my belly".
	www.allbusiness.com /africa/1001542-1.html (2301 words)

	KTA: Benin Tapestries
		Warned in time, Tegbessou took the necessary precautions and put the costume on, hence the dressed buffalo.
		HOUEGBADJA (1645-1685) Founder of the Kingdom of Abomey Proverb-"The fish that refuses the net will not enter." Meaning-I will not fall into the traps laid by my enemies.
		Refers to a trap laid by his enemies when he was a prince, which he avoided.
	www.kidstoafrika.org /benin/tapestries (380 words)

	Houegbadja - Definitions from Dictionary.com
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	benin_history
		Abomey, Danhomey's capital, was founded around 1625 by Houegbadja, who fled Allada after a power struggle amongst his brothers for the control of that kingdom.
		Under the rule of Houegbadja and his descendants, Abomey was expanded through military conquest and consolidated into a powerful state, and Danhomey became heavily involved in the European slave trade.
		The rule of Guezo (1818-1858), marked the pinnacle of Dahomey's power and influence.
	www.orishatours.com /ot_benin-history.html (630 words)

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	Wegbaja - Japan
		Aho Houegbadja was the third King of Dahomey.
		Houegbadja was the first of the dynasty to set up the kingdom in Abomey proper: he founded the city by building his palace (named "Agbome"--in the midst of the ramparts) near the area of Guedevi, a few kilometers to the northwest of Bohicon.
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	wegbaja.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Wegbaja (881 words)

	BLACK HISTORY MONTH ! ... Let the education begin ! - IslandMix
		They were so named due to their similarity to the semi-mythical Amazons of Ancient Greece.
		King Houegbadja (who ruled from 1645 to 1685), the third King of Dahomey, is said to have originally started the group which would become the Amazons as a corps of royal bodyguards after building a new palace at Abomey.
		Houegbadja's son King Agadja (ruling from 1708 to 1732) developed these bodyguards into a militia and successfully used them in Dahomey's defeat of the neighbouring kingdom of Savi in 1727.
	www.islandmix.com /backchat/f9/black-history-month-let-education-begin-118159 (7660 words)

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		The Fon peoples of Benin are the largest of more than 40 ethnic groups that live in the country.
		Ruled by a dynasty of kings since the early 17th century, the powerful kingdom of Dahomey was administered from the capital city of Abomey, founded by King Houegbadja
		Here the king and subsequent rulers built a complex of palaces, unique in West Africa, which became the centre of political, social and religious life.
	www.allbusiness.com /africa/1161318-1.html (556 words)

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