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Ewedo
Ewedo was an Oba of Benin who ruled c. 1260–1274. He moved the royal palace to its permanent site, renamed the state and created a palace bureaucracy that strengthened royal authority against the hereditary nobles known as the uzama, laying foundations for the Benin Empire.
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