Nigeria Timeline
 

Nigeria Timeline

Nigeria Timeline
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Europeans established ports for slave trafficking
Nigeria became a British protectorate
Nigeria granted full independence
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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
 
     
  700 ADArabian 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
 
     
  1400The Yoruba kingdoms of Ọyọ were founded about 1400. 
     
  1472Portuguese navigators reach Nigerian coast 
     
  1600'sEuropeans established ports for slave trafficking. Millions of Nigerians are forcibly sent to the Americas. 
     
  1800'sNigeria 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
 
     
  1901Nigeria became a British protectorate 
     
  1914Nigeria became a British colony
1914 - 1918 World War I
 
     
  19391939 - 1945 1939-1945 World War 2 
     
  1945August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
     
  1960Nigeria was granted full independence 
     
   A series of Coups have resulted in turbulent and violent recent years in Nigerian history. 
     
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