c. 15th centuryEvent
Ijebu becomes a Yoruba commercial gateway
Ijebu towns controlled routes between the coast and interior Yorubaland, gaining importance as toll collectors and commercial intermediaries.
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c. 15th century
Ijebu becomes a Yoruba commercial gateway
Ijebu towns controlled routes between the coast and interior Yorubaland, gaining importance as toll collectors and commercial intermediaries.
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Ijebu towns controlled routes between the coast and interior Yorubaland, gaining importance as toll collectors and commercial intermediaries. British military intervention in 1892 later targeted this control.
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