Dahomey Amazons
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The Dahomey Amazons were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey that existed from the 17th century until the late 19th century. They were the only female army in modern history.
Dahomey Mino warriors, circa 1890.
Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh, a leader of the Amazons, drawing by Frederick Edwyn Forbes, 1851
Dahomey Amazons with the king at their head, going to war – 1793
A group portrait of the "Amazons from Dahomey" during their stay in Paris, 1891
The history of the Kingdom of Dahomey spans 300 years from around 1600 to 1904 with the rise of the Kingdom of Dahomey as a major power on the Atlantic coast of modern-day Benin until the French conqu
Procession of the wealth of King Ghezo, painted in 1851 by Forbes
The poster announcing the London premiere of In Dahomey at the Shafesbury Theatre, 1903.