c. 13th centuryEvent
Ife emerges as a Yoruba sacred and artistic center
Ife became a major Yoruba religious and artistic center, associated with origin traditions and naturalistic sculpture.
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c. 13th century
Ife emerges as a Yoruba sacred and artistic center
Ife became a major Yoruba religious and artistic center, associated with origin traditions and naturalistic sculpture.
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What happened
Ife became a major Yoruba religious and artistic center, associated with origin traditions and naturalistic sculpture. Its place in the timeline matters because Yoruba political culture did not begin with the later Oyo Empire; it rested on older sacred geography and city-state networks.