Assertion: oyo empire | /r/CapableOf | hold sway
Facets:
value: over nearby african states
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The Oyo Empire was the most politically important state in the entirety of Western Africa from the mid-7th to the late 18th century, holding sway not only over most of the other kingdoms in Yorubaland, but also over nearby African states, notably the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey in the modern Republic of Benin to the west.