Nigeria History Timeline & Facts

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Concise History of Nigeria
The earliest human ancestry (Homo erectus and Homo habilis) lived in East Africa more than 2 million years ago.
700AD - Arabian and Persians trade with ivory, rhino horn, gold, shells and slaves.
Arab traders settle and bring a Muslim influence to the culture.
1200 - 1800's - The Kanem-Bornu Empire dominate northern Nigeria
1800's - Nigeria comes under the loose control of an Islamic empire

1800-1900's - European slave traders establish coastal ports for the increasing traffic in slaves destined for the Americas
The slaves were emancipated in the 1830's
1901 - Nigeria became a British protectorate
1914 - Nigeria became a British colony
1914 - 1918 WW1
1939 - 1945 WW11
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1960 - Nigeria was granted full independence
The Nigerian flag was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on October 1, 1960
A series of Coups have resulted in turbulent and violent recent years.

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