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West Africa timeline
c. 2000 BC
Africa south of the equatorial forests is largely inhabited by the Khoisan, of whom the San and the Hottentots are the modern survivors
c. 500 BC
Nok terracotta figures, found in modern Nigeria, stand at the beginning of the rich tradition of African sculpture
c. 700
The ancient kingdom of Ghana is the first to be established at the southern end of the Saharan trade routes
c. 1000
A Muslim dynasty is established at Gao, on the Niger
c. 1050
Ife emerges as a powerful kingdom in the equatorial forest of the lower Niger
c. 1200
Terracotta heads and figures are buried in graves in the region of Djenné in modern Mali
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