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What is the historical significance of the town of Abomey?

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Abomey was the capital of the kingdom of Dahomey (see Benin , founded in the early 17th cent. It dominated production and trade with European companies on the Slave Coast until the late 19th cent. Abomey was conquered by the French between 1892 and 1894. Ruins of the palaces of former Dahomey kings remain, and there is a museum.

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