DAY 2 APRIL 15, 2010

NIGERIA TIMELINE
- 700 AD
Arabian and Persians trade with ivory, rhino horn, gold, shells and slaves. Arab traders settle and bring a Muslim influence to the culture
The Yoruba kingdoms of Ifẹ were founded about 700-900

1400
The Yoruba kingdoms of Ọyọ were founded about 1400.

1472
Portuguese navigators reach Nigerian coast

1600's
Europeans established ports for slave trafficking. Millions of Nigerians are forcibly sent to the Americas.

1800's
Nigeria comes under the loose control of an Islamic empire
European slave traders establish coastal ports for the increasing traffic in slaves destined for the Americas. The slaves were emancipated in the 1830's

1901
Nigeria became a British protectorate

1914
Nigeria became a British colony
1914 - 1918 WW1

1939
1939 - 1945 WW11

1945
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1960
Nigeria was granted full independence

A series of Coups have resulted in turbulent and violent recent years in Nigerian history.