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Oyo Ile inhabited as an urban settlement
Archaeological testing indicates the town of Oyo Ile, capital of the later Oyo empire, was inhabited as early as the eighth century CE.
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Oyo Ile inhabited as an urban settlement
Archaeological testing indicates the town of Oyo Ile, capital of the later Oyo empire, was inhabited as early as the eighth century CE.
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Archaeological testing indicates the town of Oyo Ile, capital of the later Oyo empire, was inhabited as early as the eighth century CE. It was a well-established urban center by the fifteenth century.