Ganuwar Benin
| Ganuwar Benin | |
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| Hukumar Kula da Gidajen Tarihi ta Kasa | |
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| Wuri | |
| Ƴantacciyar ƙasa | Najeriya |
| Jihohin Najeriya | jahar Edo |
| Coordinates | 6°19′43″N 5°37′08″E / 6.3286°N 5.6189°E |
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| History and use | |
| Guinness World Records | 1974 |
| Muhimman Guraren Tarihi na Duniya | |
| Criterion |
(ii) (en)  , (iii) (en) , (iv) (en) da (v) (en) |
| Region[upper-roman 1] | Africa |
| Registration | ) |
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Ganuwar Benin jerin ayyukan kasa ne da aka yi da bankuna da ramuka,ana kiranta I ya a yaren Edo,a kewayen birnin Benin na yau,babban birnin Edo,Najeriya. Sun kunshi 15 kilometres (9.3 mi)na birnin iya da kimanin 16,000 kilometres (9,900 mi)na iyas na karkara,mai yiwuwa ana amfani da su don raba filaye da kadarori,a yankin da ke kusa da Benin.An bayyana bangon birnin Benin da kewaye a matsayin "ayyukan kasa mafi girma da aka yi a duniya kafin zamanin injiniyoyi" ta littafin Guinness Book of Records. Wasu alkaluma sun nuna cewa watakila an gina katangar Benin ne a tsakanin karni na sha uku zuwa tsakiyar karni na sha biyar AZ [1]wasu kuma na nuni da cewa an gina katangar Benin (a yankin Esan) a cikin karni na farko AZ. [1]
Gina
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Ƙididdiga don gina ganuwar na farko tun daga ƙarni na farko AZ zuwa tsakiyar karni na sha biyar AZ. A cewar Connah,al'adar baka da asusun matafiya suna ba da shawarar ranar ginin 1450-1500 CE. An yi kiyasin cewa,idan aka ɗauki ranar aiki ta sa’o’i 10,ma’aikata 5,000 za su iya kammala bangon cikin kwanaki 97,ko kuma maza 2,421 a cikin kwanaki 200. Duk da haka,an soki waɗannan alkaluma saboda rashin yin la'akari da lokacin da za a ɗauka don hako ƙasa daga rami mai zurfi da kuma lokacin da za a ɗauka don tara ƙasa zuwa wani babban banki.
An ambaci farko a Turai
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Turawa sun san katangar birnin Benin tun kimanin shekara ta 1500,lokacin da wani ɗan ƙasar Portugal mai binciken Duarte Pacheco Pereira a taƙaice ya kwatanta ganuwar yayin tafiyarsa:
This city is about a league long from gate to gate; it has no wall but is surrounded by a large moat, very wide and deep, which suffices for its defence.[2]
Masanin ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi Graham Connah ya nuna cewa Pereira ya yi kuskure da bayaninsa da cewa babu bango.Connah ya ce, "[Pereira] ya yi la'akari da cewa bankin duniya ba bango ba ne a ma'anar Turai na zamaninsa."[3]
Ƙarni daga baya,mai binciken ɗan ƙasar Holland Dierick Ruiters ya ba da wannan asusun a kusan 1600:[3]
At the gate where I entered on horseback, I saw a very high bulwark, very thick of earth, with a very deep broad ditch, but it was dry, and full of high trees... That gate is a reasonable good gate, made of wood in their manner, which is to be shut, and there always there is watch holden.[4]
Bayani
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
An gina ganuwar da rami da tsarin diks;ramin da aka tona don samar da wani tumatur na ciki tare da tono kasa da ake amfani da shi wajen samar da shingen waje.
Guda tarwatsewar ginin ya kasance a Edo,inda mafi yawansu mazauna yankin ke amfani da su don gine-gine. Abin da ya rage na bangon kansa yana ci gaba da rushewa don ci gaban ƙasa.
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- ↑ Hodgkin, Thomas (1960). Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology. Oxford University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0192154347.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Empty citation (help) Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Hodgkin, Thomas (1960). Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology. Oxford University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0192154347.