c. 16th centuryEvent
Sukur's iron, terraces, and highland authority
Sukur, in present-day Adamawa, preserves evidence of iron smelting, terraced agriculture, ritual life, and political authority.
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c. 16th century
Sukur's iron, terraces, and highland authority
Sukur, in present-day Adamawa, preserves evidence of iron smelting, terraced agriculture, ritual life, and political authority.
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What happened
Sukur, in present-day Adamawa, preserves evidence of iron smelting, terraced agriculture, ritual life, and political authority. It belongs in the timeline because Nigerian history includes sophisticated smaller polities and cultural landscapes, not only the better-known empires and coastal states.