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c. 2000 BCEEvent

Domesticated livestock present in the Lake Chad region

Archaeological evidence from Daima and Kursakata in the Lake Chad region shows the presence of domesticated sheep, goats, and cattle from the second millennium BCE.

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c. 2000 BCE

Domesticated livestock present in the Lake Chad region

Archaeological evidence from Daima and Kursakata in the Lake Chad region shows the presence of domesticated sheep, goats, and cattle from the second millennium BCE.

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Archaeological evidence from Daima and Kursakata in the Lake Chad region shows the presence of domesticated sheep, goats, and cattle from the second millennium BCE. Animal husbandry probably reached the region across the Sahara from the east and north between 3000 and 2000 BCE.

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