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The Amazons: The female strike force of Dahomey

Gwendolin Hilse | Philipp Sandner
June 10, 2021

The fact that the Kingdom of Dahomey, which existed between the 17th and 19th century in present-day Benin, was famous and powerful, is partly thanks to the elite-trained Amazon female fighters.

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