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JAMB and WAEC History questions: Early centres of civilisation

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All topicsBritish conquest of Nigeria · 38Colonial administration in Nigeria · 36Decolonisation and African unity · 40Early centres of civilisation · 37Eastern and southern Africa · 35External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 38Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 41Nationalism and independence · 40Nigeria since independence · 44Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 44Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 34Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 36The colonial economy · 37The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 36The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 38West Africa in the nineteenth century · 36

  1. Question 21· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The Nri kingdom in Igboland was known mainly for its

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  2. Question 22· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The Benin bronze plaques were made by a royal guild of

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  3. Question 23· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Esie soapstone figures are found in present-day

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  4. Question 24· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Songhai Empire was defeated in 1591 by an invasion from

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  5. Question 25· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Askia Muhammad was a ruler of

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  6. Question 26· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Mansa Musa of Mali is remembered for his

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  7. Question 27· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Nok terracotta sculptures are mostly

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  8. Question 28· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The traditional ruler of Ile-Ife is the

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  9. Question 29· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The ruler of the Nri kingdom bore the title

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  10. Question 30· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Archaeology helps historians mainly by

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  11. Question 31· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

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

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  12. Question 32· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Mansa Musa ruled the empire of

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  13. Question 33· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Benin Moat (Iya) was built mainly for

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  14. Question 34· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Igbo-Ukwu bronzes were made by the

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  15. Question 35· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The Igbo-Ukwu bronzes were excavated in 1959–60 by

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  16. Question 36· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    Sungbo's Eredo is

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  17. Question 37· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Ife art is famous for its

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