ocr: In 1625 the Fon,i indigenous slave traders, foundedthe langdom ofDahomey. - Dahomey in turn conquered - the neighboring langdoms ofDan, Allada and the coast around Porto Novo. - 1857 The French establish trading post at Grand- Popo. 1889 French attempts to hinder slave trade leadt to war with Ring Behanzin. Behanzin defeated. - - - 1892 French protectorate. 1904 Dahomey ruledas - - part ofFrench West Africa. - - 1960 Independence. - - 1975 Renamed Benin. 1989 Mardsm-Leminism abandoned as official ideology.
