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Nok culture may have emerged in 1500 BCE and continued to persist until 1 BCE. [3] Nok people may have developed terracotta sculptures, through large-scale economic production, [5] as part of a complex funerary culture [6] that may have included practices such as feasting. [3] The earliest Nok terracotta sculptures may have developed in 900 BCE ...
Nok terracotta figurine of a man on horseback Taruga is just one of the sites in central Nigeria where artifacts from the Nok culture have been excavated. Since 1945, similar figurines and pottery have been found in many other locations in the area, often uncovered accidentally by modern tin miners, and dating from before 500 BC to 200 AD. [ 3 ]
Nok is a village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The village is an archeological site. Furnace remains, Nok Village, Kaduna State. Archaeology
With the decline of the Nok and Sokoto, who had previously controlled Central and Northern Nigeria between 800 BCE and 200 CE, the Hausa were able to emerge as the new power in the region. They are closely linked with the Kanuri people of Kanem–Bornu , Lake Chad , the Birom , Gwari , Nupe and Jukun .
The krone (Norwegian: [ˈkrûːnə], abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); code: NOK), plural kroner, is the currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including overseas territories and dependencies). It was traditionally known as the Norwegian crown in English; however, this has fallen out of common usage.
Granaries in the caves of Nôk in northern Togo. In total, the caves contain over 300 structures: roughly 134 structures in Nôk, 113 in Mamproug and 70 in Bopak.The structures, mostly cylindrical and oblong in shape, open upwards and can stand two and a half meters high.
The piece, inspired by the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” became a symbol of pride and resilience. Similarly, Jacob Lawrence's "The Migration Series" documented the Great Migration, telling the story of millions of African Americans who moved from the rural South to urban centers in the North in search of better opportunities.
Nok Kundi, meaning "the blunt point," is a township and region located in western Balochistan, Pakistan. Historically, the area was known as Dzaranga , meaning "water-producing land," which the Greeks Hellenised to Drangiana in their literature.