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