c. 1000 BCEEvent
Agriculture emerges across the Nigerian region
Between roughly 4000 and 1000 BCE, depending on the specific area, communities transitioned from hunting and gathering to agriculture.
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c. 1000 BCE
Agriculture emerges across the Nigerian region
Between roughly 4000 and 1000 BCE, depending on the specific area, communities transitioned from hunting and gathering to agriculture.
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Between roughly 4000 and 1000 BCE, depending on the specific area, communities transitioned from hunting and gathering to agriculture. Forest and middle belt peoples relied on yam tubers and oil palm products, while the savanna and Sahel grew cereal crops such as African rice and millet.