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WAEC History questions: Early centres of civilisation

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All topicsBritish conquest of Nigeria · 18Colonial administration in Nigeria · 18Decolonisation and African unity · 19Early centres of civilisation · 18Eastern and southern Africa · 17External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 18Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 20Nationalism and independence · 20Nigeria since independence · 18Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 21Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 17Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 18The colonial economy · 18The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 17The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 18West Africa in the nineteenth century · 17

  1. Question 1· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Timbuktu was a famous centre of

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  2. Question 2· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The ancient empire of Ghana was famous for its trade in

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  3. Question 3· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The ancient kingdom of Kush had its later capital at

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  4. Question 4· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Ancient Egyptian civilisation developed along the

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  5. Question 5· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The ancient kingdom of Axum was located in present-day

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  6. Question 6· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Nok culture is also notable for early

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  7. Question 7· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The ancient kingdom of Ghana was famous for trade in

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  8. Question 8· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Esie soapstone figures are found in present-day

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  9. Question 9· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Songhai Empire was defeated in 1591 by an invasion from

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  10. Question 10· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Askia Muhammad was a ruler of

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  11. Question 11· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Mansa Musa of Mali is remembered for his

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  12. Question 12· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Nok terracotta sculptures are mostly

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  13. Question 13· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Archaeology helps historians mainly by

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  14. Question 14· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Songhai empire was destroyed after the Battle of Tondibi in 1591 by

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  15. Question 15· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Mansa Musa ruled the empire of

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  16. Question 16· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Benin Moat (Iya) was built mainly for

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  17. Question 17· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Igbo-Ukwu bronzes were made by the

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  18. Question 18· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Ife art is famous for its

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