ewuare the great造句

• Eventually, the honorific " Ogidigan " ( the Great ) was appended and he is often known as Ewuare Ogidigan or Ewuare the Great.
• In the 15th century, the twelfth Oba in line, Oba Ewuare the Great ( 1440 1473 ) would expand the city-state to an empire.
• Centuries later, in 1440, Oba Ewuare, also known as Ewuare the Great, came to power and turned the city-state into an empire.
• It was not until the 15th century during the reign of Oba Ewuare the Great that the kingdom's administrative centre, the city Ubinu, began to be known as Benin City by the Urhobo living together in the royal administrative centre of the kingdom.
• The name " Benin " ( and " Bini " ) is a Portuguese corruption, ultimately from the word " Ubinu ", which came into use during the reign of Oba Ewuare the Great, c . 1440 . " Ubinu " was used to describe the royal administrative centre or city or capital proper of the kingdom, Edo .'Ubinu'was later corrupted to'Bini'by the mixed ethnicities living together at the centre; and further corrupted to " Benin " around 1485 when the Portuguese began trade relations with Oba Ewuare.