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c. 900 BCEEvent

The Nok culture flourishes in the middle belt

Sites including Taruga, Tadun Wada, Kuchamfa, Jemaa Maitumbi, Kawu, and Kagara were smelting iron between 900 BCE and 200 CE, the recognized span of the Nok culture.

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c. 900 BCE

The Nok culture flourishes in the middle belt

Sites including Taruga, Tadun Wada, Kuchamfa, Jemaa Maitumbi, Kawu, and Kagara were smelting iron between 900 BCE and 200 CE, the recognized span of the Nok culture.

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Sites including Taruga, Tadun Wada, Kuchamfa, Jemaa Maitumbi, Kawu, and Kagara were smelting iron between 900 BCE and 200 CE, the recognized span of the Nok culture. Large terracotta sculptures found within a 500 km radius of Taruga define the culture archaeologically.

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