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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 121· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The famous naturalistic bronze and terracotta heads of ancient Nigeria are associated mainly with

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  2. Question 122· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    Durbi-ta-Kusheyi in Katsina is known for

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  3. Question 123· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The Igbo-Ukwu bronzes were discovered in present-day

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  4. Question 124· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Timbuktu was a famous centre of

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  5. Question 125· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The ancient empire of Ghana was famous for its trade in

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  6. Question 126· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    Ile-Ife is regarded in Yoruba tradition as

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  7. Question 127· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The ancient kingdom of Kush had its later capital at

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  8. Question 128· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Ancient Egyptian civilisation developed along the

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  9. Question 129· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    In Yoruba tradition, Ile-Ife is regarded as the

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  10. Question 130· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The ancient kingdom of Axum was located in present-day

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  11. Question 131· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Nok culture is also notable for early

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  12. Question 132· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    In the pre-colonial Benin kingdom, the king was known as the

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  13. Question 133· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The ancient kingdom of Ghana was famous for trade in

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  14. Question 134· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The ancient walls of Benin (iya) were

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  15. Question 135· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The Nri kingdom in Igboland was known mainly for its

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  16. Question 136· Early centres of civilisation· JAMB

    The Benin bronze plaques were made by a royal guild of

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  17. Question 137· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Esie soapstone figures are found in present-day

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  18. Question 138· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    The Songhai Empire was defeated in 1591 by an invasion from

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  19. Question 139· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Askia Muhammad was a ruler of

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  20. Question 140· Early centres of civilisation· WAEC

    Mansa Musa of Mali is remembered for his

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