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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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