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Event archaeological Africa

Nok

1000 BCE – 500 CE

Site in central Nigeria of Africa's earliest known terracotta sculpture tradition, with remarkably expressive figures.

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Standing in 1000 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Khoiasan Polity · Africa 1500 BCE – 1500 CE Hawaii Volcanoes Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Etna Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Carlsbad Caverns Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

1046 BCE Shang–Zhou War (Battle of Muye) 1010 BCE Wars of David & Solomon 1000 BCE Ephesus 1000 BCE Leptis Magna 1000 BCE Teouma Lapita Cemetery 957 BCE Temple of Solomon