Benin plaque: the oba with Europeans
16th century · Resource
A cast-brass relief plaque from the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin showing the oba with Portuguese figures, documenting early West African contact with Europe. One of the Benin Bronzes looted in 1897.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1550
- The Reformation (1517)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)