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The earliest humans (Homo
erectus and Homo habilis) lived in East Africa more
than 2 million years ago
The earliest ancient tribes
belonged to the Nok culture
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700 AD |
Arabian and Persians trade
with ivory, rhino horn, gold, shells and slaves.
Arab traders settle and bring a Muslim influence to
the culture The
Yoruba kingdoms of Ifẹ were founded about 700-900
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1400 |
The Yoruba kingdoms of Ọyọ
were founded about 1400.
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1472 |
Portuguese navigators reach
Nigerian coast |
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1600's |
Europeans established ports
for slave trafficking. Millions of Nigerians are
forcibly sent to the Americas.
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1800's |
Nigeria comes under the loose
control of an Islamic empire
European slave traders
establish coastal ports for the increasing traffic
in slaves destined for the Americas. The slaves were
emancipated in the 1830's
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1901 |
Nigeria became a British
protectorate |
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1914 |
Nigeria became a British
colony 1914 - 1918
WW1
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1939 |
1939 - 1945 WW11 |
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1945 |
August 1945 The United States
dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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1960 |
Nigeria was granted full
independence |
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A series of Coups have
resulted in turbulent and violent recent years in
Nigerian history. |
