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Nigeria Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

This timeline game is a fun and educational way to learn about important events in Nigerian history.

  • Players must place events in their correct chronological order
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  • 500 BC - 200 AD: Nok culture flourishes in Nigeria
  • 9th century AD: Arrival of Arab traders in Nigeria
  • 11th century AD: Trans-Saharan trade begins in Nigeria
  • 15th - 16th century: Benin Empire reaches its peak
  • 1472: Portuguese explorers arrive in Nigeria
  • 1800s: British colonial rule established in Nigeria
  • 1901: Nigeria becomes a British protectorate
  • 1914: Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria
  • 1920s: Nigerian nationalist movements begin
  • 1960: Nigeria gains independence from Britain
  • 1967: Nigerian Civil War (Biafran War) begins
  • 1970: End of Nigerian Civil War
  • 1970s: Oil boom in Nigeria leads to economic growth
  • 1976: Assassination of General Murtala Mohammed
  • 1999: Return to civilian rule in Nigeria
  • 2009: Boko Haram insurgency begins in Nigeria
  • 2014: Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping by Boko Haram
  • 2015: Muhammadu Buhari elected President of Nigeria
  • 2016: Nigeria enters recession due to falling oil prices
  • 2020: End SARS protests against police brutality

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