The Kingdom of Dahomey was an African kingdom (located within the area of the present-day country of Benin) that existed from about 1600. The kingdom fought the First Franco-Dahomean War and Second Franco-Dahomean War with France. The kingdom was reduced and made a French protectorate in 1894. In 1904 the area became part of a French colony, French Dahomey, as part of French West Africa (Afrique-Occidentale Française) .
In 1958 French Dahomey became the self-governing colony called the Republic of Dahomey.
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