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The Nok Culture: The First Iron-Age Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (500–200 BCE)

500 BCE · Kuzey Nijerya · cultural

On the central plateaus of Nigeria the Nok culture produced refined terracotta sculpture and iron technology, with human and animal figures; it is the best known culture of sub-Saharan Africa in the archaeological record.

| Evidence of the independent development of iron smelting and artistic expression in sub-Saharan Africa.

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What was The Nok Culture: The First Iron-Age Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (500–200 BCE)?
On the central plateaus of Nigeria the Nok culture produced refined terracotta sculpture and iron technology, with human and animal figures; it is the best known culture of sub-Saharan Africa in the archaeological record.
When did The Nok Culture: The First Iron-Age Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (500–200 BCE) happen?
500 BCE
Where did The Nok Culture: The First Iron-Age Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (500–200 BCE) take place?
Kuzey Nijerya
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