Nigeria Profile: A Chronology of Keys Events
A chronology of key events:
circa 800 BC – Jos plateau settled by Nok – a neolithic and iron age civilization.
circa 11th century onwards – Formation of city states, kingdoms and empires, including Hausa kingdoms and Borno dynasty in north, Oyo and Benin kingdoms in south.
1472 – Portuguese navigators reach Nigerian coast.
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