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Benin

European visitors called Dahomey's women soldiers 'Amazons', after the warriors of Greek myth. Their own name was the Agojie, and their story inspired the 2022 film The Woman King.

Where its story happens

The Royal Palaces of Abomey, at 7.19°N, 1.99°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Benin

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Benin, a narrow country in West Africa, between Togo and Nigeria. See Benin on a map.
  2. It was called Dahomey until 1975, after the kingdom whose royal palaces still stand at Abomey.
  3. The word 'voodoo' comes from one of its languages, and the faith's spiritual capital is its town of Ouidah.
  4. About 20,000 people live in Ganvié, a town built on stilts in the middle of a lake here.
  5. Its old kingdom had an army regiment made up entirely of women.

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