The U.S based streaming platform is reportedly spending over US$1 billion (₦360,000,000,000) on the series in a bid to emulate the runaway success enjoyed by "Games of Thrones".
The Benins tell a different story; they believe Oba Orhogba founded Eko in the 1500s, bridging the relationship between Benin and Portugal. He expanded his empire, naming the land around the sea Eko, now Lagos Island.
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is moving ahead with plans to build a major seaport near his fertilizer and oil refinery plants, a move aimed at easing exports and powering the continued expansion of his vast industrial empire.
During the 19th century, when Britain was expanding its empire in South Asia, Nepal managed to resist. Although it signed treaties with the British, these agreements allowed Nepal to maintain its sovereignty.
In January, a jury ordered Trump to pay $83.3m to the writer E Jean Carroll for defaming her after she accused him in 2019 of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.
Rising from poverty in Nigeria in the 1990s, he built an evangelical empire stretching across the globe and counted among his associates dozens of political leaders, celebrities, and international footballers.
Amancio OrtegaNet worth: $77.3 Billion - Source of Wealth: Zara - Age: 87 - Citizenship: Spain His Inditex fashion retail empire-best known in the U.S. for the Zara chain-has been on a tear.
The Gambia was once part of various West African empires before the Europeans, including the Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, and the Songhai Empire. The first Europeans to arrive in Gambia were the Portuguese in the 15th century.
Why did the Khmer empire dissolve? > When: 1431 > Where: Present-day Cambodia The Khmer empire, at its height between 1000 and 1200, was a dominant civilization in modern-day Cambodia.