Nok culture

Nok culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of West Africa coast and forest (North and West Africa) from c. 1500 BCE to 1 CE, a span of 1,500 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Farming culture of central Nigeria famous for life-size terracotta heads and among the first in West Africa to smelt iron, by about 500 BCE. Its language and fate are unknown.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1500 BCE to 1 CE

Duration

1,500 years

Type

People or culture

Region

West Africa coast and forest, North and West Africa

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 1470 BCE Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt
• 1346 BCE Akhenaten founds Amarna
• 814 BCE Founding of Carthage
• 728 BCE Piye conquers Egypt
• 500 BCE Iron smelting in West Africa
• 331 BCE Founding of Alexandria
• 146 BCE Destruction of Carthage
• 30 BCE Death of Cleopatra

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE
• Kingdom of Kerma c. 2500 to 1500 BCE
• Kingdom of Kush (Meroitic period) c. 300 BCE to 350 CE
• Roman Africa 146 BCE to 439 CE
• Kingdom of Kush (Napatan period) c. 785 to 300 BCE
• Roman Egypt 30 BCE to 395 CE
• Numidia 202 to 46 BCE
• Land of Punt c. 2500 to 980 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

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