c. 12th centuryEvent
Ife emerges as a regional power under the ooni
Although Ife had been settled since at least the ninth century CE, it was not until around the twelfth century that Ife was clearly a regional power.
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c. 12th century
Ife emerges as a regional power under the ooni
Although Ife had been settled since at least the ninth century CE, it was not until around the twelfth century that Ife was clearly a regional power.
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Although Ife had been settled since at least the ninth century CE, it was not until around the twelfth century that Ife was clearly a regional power. Headed by the ooni, the monarchy was not strictly hereditary; the city's roads were paved with potsherds in a fishbone pattern, and artisans flocked there.