Akaba man biography definition

By Dom Brown

The 19^th May 2015 marked the 80^th anniversary of the death of a man whose legend preceded him. Lawrence of Arabia and his sensational story has capti­vated historians and hero-worshippers alike; he has gone down in history as one of the figureheads of tactical warfare, as well as a crusader for freedom. It is the second trait which gained him so many lifelong admirers, but also enemies, as he ultimately failed in his grand vision for the Arab nations. He was a writer, an archae­ologist, a leader of men and somewhat surprisingly in death a catalyst for the pro­gression of British road safety. But why is he now more remembered in the domains of academia rather than the public? Despite the public awareness and sympathy for the suffering of troops on the Western Front in the First World War, Lawrence is delegated to a single film to define his leg­acy, one that betrays the reality and dramatises a man who still arouses debate amongst historians, both positively and neg

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Dahomey

1600–1904 kingdom in West Africa

This article is about the kingdom from 1600 until 1900. For the republic from 1958–1975 (now known as Benin), see Republic of Dahomey.

For the documentary film, see Dahomey (film).

The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West Africankingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by expanding south to conquer key cities like Whydah belonging to the Kingdom of Whydah on the Atlantic coast which granted it unhindered access to the tricontinental Atlantic Slave Trade.

For much of the middle 19th century, the Kingdom of Dahomey became a key regional state, after eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.^[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom, and it became one of the most familiar African nations known to Europeans.^[2] The Ki