States and territories established in the 17th century

The Kingdom of Dahomey (, ) was a West African kingdom located within the present-day Republic of Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau among 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 Atlantic Slave Trade.

place in Southern Africa

Omani maritime empire (1696–1856)

former princely state in modern Rajasthan

former Somali imperial ruling house

sultanate

̈1500s–1927 northeastern Somali kingdom

Capital of the Western North Region, Ghana

emirate in Mauritania

former country, ca. 1450-1963.