c. 500 BCEEvent
Nok culture
The Nok culture, known for terracotta sculpture and evidence of early ironworking, is one of the oldest identifiable complex societies in the territory that would later become…
Hall of FamePre-Independence
c. 500 BCE
Nok culture
The Nok culture, known for terracotta sculpture and evidence of early ironworking, is one of the oldest identifiable complex societies in the territory that would later become…
What happened
The Nok culture, known for terracotta sculpture and evidence of early ironworking, is one of the oldest identifiable complex societies in the territory that would later become Nigeria. It matters because Nigerian history begins long before colonial boundaries, and the Nok record anchors the timeline in indigenous technological and artistic systems rather than in European arrival.