This is a timeline of
Nigerian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Nigeria and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Nigeria . See also the list of heads of state of Nigeria.
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Early history
Nok sculpture on display in Paris.
8000 B.C. – Creation of oldest currently known artifacts and stone shelters. Igboland mostly occupied by foragers, including Bantu ancestors.
3000–500 B.C. – Development of agriculture (probably including yam cultivation) and animal husbandry.
500 B.C. – A.D. 200 –
Nok culture flourishes in Northern Nigeria.
400–100 B.C. – Ironworking develops around Opi, Nsukka
Rise of Igbo, Yoruba, Edo, and Muslim civilisations
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