c. 650 BCEEvent
Iron smelting begins at Taruga (Nok culture)
Evidence of iron-working and iron tools dates from roughly the seventh century BCE at Taruga, near Abuja, in the middle belt.
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c. 650 BCE
Iron smelting begins at Taruga (Nok culture)
Evidence of iron-working and iron tools dates from roughly the seventh century BCE at Taruga, near Abuja, in the middle belt.
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Evidence of iron-working and iron tools dates from roughly the seventh century BCE at Taruga, near Abuja, in the middle belt. Taruga shows not just iron use but local iron smelting, indicating indigenous knowledge of iron production, and is the center of the Nok culture famed for its terracotta sculptures.