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    500°N 8.000°E / 9.500; 8.000 The Nok culture is a population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of Nok in southern Kaduna State of Nigeria...
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    migration from the Central Sahara to Nigeria, Nok people settled in the region of Nok in 1500 BCE, and Nok culture continued to persist until 1 BCE. Later,...
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  • Look up NOK, nok, or -nok in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nok or NOK may refer to: NYSE stock ticker for Nokia Corporation, based in Finland Nok Air,...
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    terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, of which these figurines are typical, which flourished in Nigeria in...
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    capital city of the empire was Aksum, now in northern Ethiopia. The Nok culture appeared in Nigeria around 1000 BC and mysteriously vanished around AD...
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    Nigeria, around 1,500 BC, the Nok culture developed on the Jos Plateau. It was a highly centralized community. The Nok people produced lifelike representations...
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    date from at least 13,000 BC through early civilizations such as the Nok culture which began around 1500 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled...
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    discovered in Sokoto, Kano, Birinin Kudu, Nok and Zaria. The Kwatarkwashi culture, a variant of the Nok culture centred mostly around Zamfara in Sokoto...
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    textiles, beads, and slaves. The Tichitt culture developed in 2200 BCE and lasted until around 200 BCE. The Nok culture developed in 1500 BCE and vanished under...
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    is an archeological site in Nigeria famous for the artifacts of the Nok culture that have been discovered there, some dating to 600 BC, and for evidence...
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    Ka̱duna; Hausa: Kudancin Kaduna; formerly Southern Zaria) is an area of the Nok Culture region inhabited by various related ethnic groups who do not identify...
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    terracotta human head known as the Jemaa Head (c. 900 to 200 BC), part of the Nok culture. The piece is named after Jema'a, the village where it was discovered...
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    Israel reaches its largest size, it is Israel's golden age. c. 1000 BC—Nok culture in Nigeria. c. 1000 BC—Latins come to Italy from the Danube region. c...
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    independently developed in the Nok culture between the 9th century BCE and 550 BCE. The nearby Djenné-Djenno culture of the Niger Valley in Mali shows...
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  • Ham people (section Culture)
    that the Ham people created the Nok culture after archaeological discoveries in the Ham village of Nok. The Nok culture flourished between c. 1500 BC —...
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    introduction of metallurgy in the upper savanna by more than 800 years. The Nok culture thrived from approximately 1,500 BC to about 200 AD on the Jos Plateau...
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    indigenous Nigerian cultures List of museums in Nigeria Music of Nigeria Nok culture Nwafor (11 August 2022). "Nigerian cultural values are under threat,...
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    D. 200 – Nok culture flourishes in Northern Nigeria. 400–100 B.C. – Ironworking develops around Opi, Nsukka 500 A.D. - End of the Nok culture 700 A.D –...
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  • the location of an important archeological site where artifacts of the Nok culture have been found. The LGA of Katsina-Ala has an area of 2,402 km2 (927 sq mi)...
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  • 000 BCE. The Nok culture of Nigeria may have practiced iron smelting from as early as 1000 BCE, while the nearby Djenné-Djenno culture of the Niger Valley...
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  • ancient sculptures of the Nok culture, both at Suleja town and in the Makabolo River bed, have helped prove the influence of Nok on the Yoruba art of Ife...
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    Architecture of Africa (category Culture of Africa)
    to be of the Nok culture, on the basis of the type of archaeological evidence discovered, specifically, Nok terracotta remnants and Nok pottery. Mountaintops...
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    subcontinent, although West Africa also had iron metallurgy, beginning with the Nok culture c. 550 BC and spread by the Bantu expansion. There are also cast iron...
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    Sub-Saharan Africa West: Nok Culture slowly diffuse discernible ceramic sculpting, iron metallurgy and cereal farming cultures through the Niger Delta...
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  • last king of Shang dynasty; Zhou dynasty established in China. 1000 BC: Nok culture begins in West Africa. 1000 BC: The second stream of Bantu expansion...
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  • central Nigeria, around 1,500 BC, the Nok culture developed in Jos Plateau. It was a highly centralized community. The Nok people produced lifelike representations...
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    broadloom strategy. The Nok culture is an early Iron Age population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of Nok in Kaduna State of Nigeria...
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  • spread to Central Africa via the Bantu migration. Kerma culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Nok culture c. 2000 BC – Seima-Turbino Phenomenon. c. 1700–1300...
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    "Yoruba People of Nigeria – Yoruba People History & Culture". Guide to Nigeria tourism, local culture & investments. Retrieved 2018-10-05. Zerbo, J.KI (1981)...
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    Nok culture...
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