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 | Benin: Royal Arts of a West African Kingdom (Art Institute of Chicago) (8th Edition) by Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Kb Berzock Paperback, 36 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-300-13677-3 / 0300136773 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-13677-7 / 9780300136777 In the late 15th century, the Kingdom of Benin (located in present-day southwestern Nigeria) established a mercantile relationship with Portugal, significantly increasing its wealth and might. Benin became a regional powerhouse and, under a long lineage of divine rulers, or obas, it wielded great ec | |