Today our train travels west and stops at Benin the country known for inhabiting a kingdom of a people whose way of life earned them the name 'black spartan' a likening to the spartans of Greece where men were trained from a young age to be warriors and also trained female soldiers. There are adherents to Christianity, Islam, and traditional religions however as per a 2013 census, Christianity is the dominant religion.
Christianity first came to Benin in the 15th century and it was brought by the Portuguese.
