#1147 - Benin

culture = yorumba
religion = shamanism
capital = "Oredo"
base_manpower = 3
trade_goods = unknown
hre = no
discovered_by = sub_saharan
base_tax = 4
base_production = 4
native_size = 40
native_ferocity = 4.5
native_hostileness = 9 

2.1.1   = {
		add_permanent_province_modifier = {
			name = niger_estuary_modifier
			duration = -1
		}
}

1180.1.1 = { owner = BEN controller = BEN add_core = BEN is_city = yes trade_goods = ivory } #note - Benin not major slaving center until rise of Lagos trade in 1750s
1300.1.1 = { fort_15th = yes }

1472.1.1 = { discovered_by = POR } 
#1486.1.1 - Portuguese mission to Benin - trade post(?)
1487.1.1 = { unrest = 9 } #Civil War over throne of Benin in wake of death of Ozolua
1504.1.1 = { unrest = 0 } #End of civil war with victory of Esigie
1550.1.1 = { citysize = 25000 } #Expansion under Esigie
1577.1.1 = { unrest = 4 } #Agbor Uprising among Igbo peoples of the delta region against Ode dominance
1610.1.1 = { unrest = 9 } #death of Ohuan ends dynasty, sparks struggle for power
1650.1.1 = { citysize = 15000 } #Political instability causes decline of Benin power
1712.1.1 = { unrest = 8 } #Iyase rebellion against Oba Ozuere  
1713.1.1 = { unrest = 2 } #Rebels overthrow Ozuere, Akenzua I takes power
1750.1.1 = { citysize = 25000 } #Revival of Benin under Akenzua and successors
1750.1.1 = { trade_goods = slaves } #Rise of Lagos area as slaving center due to instability in Whydah
1751.1.1 = { unrest = 4 } #Ubulu-Ukwu uprising among Igbo peoples of the delta region against Ode dominance
1752.1.1 = { base_tax = 5 base_production = 5 }
1775.1.1 = { base_tax = 6 base_manpower = 4 }
1801.1.1 = { base_production = 6 base_manpower = 6 }
1804.1.1 = { discovered_by = SOK }

1825.1.1 = { base_manpower = 8 }
1851.1.1 = { base_tax = 7 base_manpower = 9 }
1875.1.1 = { base_production = 7 base_manpower = 11 }
1897.2.17  = { capital = "Benin City" owner = GBR controller = GBR add_core = GBR trade_goods = ivory }
1900.1.1   = { citysize = 100000 religion = protestant }
1901.1.1 = { base_tax = 8 base_manpower = 12 }
1925.1.1 = { base_tax = 9 base_production = 8 }
1951.1.1 = { base_tax = 10 base_production = 10 }
1960.10.1  = { owner = NIG controller = NIG add_core = NIG remove_core = GBR remove_core = BEN }
1975.1.1 = { base_tax = 12 }
2000.1.1 = { base_production = 15 }
2008.1.1   = { trade_goods = oil } #Agbami oil field



