NOK

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

• Constant climatic changes occuring in the area.
• Especially between 5000 and 1500 B.C.
• Part of Sub-Saharan Africa

ADVANCED CITIES

• Sokoto
• Katsina
• Jos

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

• Occupied by a tribe called "Khoisan"
• Farming
• Iron forging & smelting(extracting)
• Lots of trade routes for merchants

RELIGION

• Believed in Animism
• The belief in a supernatural power that organizes the material universe
• Plants
• Inanimate Objects
• Natural Phenomena

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT

• Advanced
• Judicial System
• Transitioning from military to civlian rule

SYSTEMS OF WRITING

• Early development of cuneiform writing
• Mostly spoke the Hausa language
• One of the oldest evidence of writing

TECHNOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Stone tools
• Rock paintings
• Terrecotta sculptures

Primary Source

ARTIFACTS

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Conclusion
One of the earliest African centers of ironworking and terracotta figure production, the Nok culture remains a mystery to be solved.
Nok culture remains a mystery that is difficult to understand. Most Nok sculpture is hollow and coil-built like pottery. Finely worked to a resilient consistency from local clays and gravel, the millennia-long endurance of these ancient objects is a testament to the technical ability of their makers. Nok terracottas have some sort of relationship to later portrait arts, however this is still unproven.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "NOKCULTURE.COM." NOKCULTURE.COM. Nok Culture, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2014.
• Department of AAOA. "Nok Terracottas (500 B.C.–200 A.D.)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nok/hd_nok.htm (October 2000)
• "Nok, One of West Africa's Oldest Civilizations | Egyptsearch Reloaded." Nok, One of West Africa's Oldest Civilizations | Egyptsearch Reloaded. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2014.
• Chapter 8 ~ Section, The Nok Lived In What Is Now Northern Nigeria Between 500 B.c. - A.d., 200. This Terra Cotta Sculpture Is An Artifact From The Nok Culture. What, and Does It Reveals About The Nok People? Nok Sculpture Primary Source 8 (n.d.): n. pag. Nok Bantu and Aksum Stations. Web.