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blue- government
yellow- cultural
green- economy
red- conflict
purple- cooperation

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in 800 BC Nigeria was found. 800 BC African settlers discovered Nigeria and began to live on the newly found land

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1472 Portuguese navigators explore the shores of Nigeria. in 1472 Portuguese navigators explored the shores of Nigeria and began to fully discover Nigeria.

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in 1809 the sokoto caliphate was founded. in 1809 the sokoto caliphate was founded in northern Nigeria

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in the 1850 up until quiet reticently Britain has been present in many African country's like Nigeria. they are holding the small country's and protecting them.

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Britain maintains it's presences in Nigeria and other smaller African country's  

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Britain maintains it's presences in Nigeria and other smaller African country's  

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1861-1914 Britain stays holding down African country's like Nigeria. Britain continues to keep it's hold on what it calls the colony and protectorate of Nigeria.

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since 1960 Nigeria has relied heavily on petroleum for their economy. in 1973 petroleum prices took off making Nigeria the best economy in Africa.

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Nigeria is a very superstitious country. they base big things like war victory's holidays everyone has to celebrate. this is true for there country wide Good Friday. this holiday is on Friday, April 15th. this holiday is based off of the end of their war for independence against England and the "Good Friday" (1960 October 1st ) marks their independence day also known as Good Friday

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October 1st 1960, Nigeria gains its independence. in 1960 Nigeria gains it's independence from Britain under prim minister Tafawa Balewa and president named Nnamid Azikiwe

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in 1962 Nigeria gains their off shore oil license which boosted their economy. once they got this license they mined all of the oil they could and sold it off to other places in doing this they boosted their economy a lot.

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in 1963 Nigeria joined the AU. in 1963 Nigeria was accepted into the African Union and assigned the job of promoting the AU to other African country's.

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1963 Nigeria severs it's tie to Britain. in 1963 Nigeria gains complete and final independence from Britain and severs it's ties to Britain.

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in 1966 famous general ironsi was killed. in 1966 a famous Nigerian general named Ironsi was killed in counter-coup and later was replaced by lieutenant colonial Yakubu Gowon.

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in 1967 a civil war broke out in the middle of Africa. in 1967 three eastern country's secede as the Republic of Biafran sparks it's three year civil war.

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in 1972 the U.S. offers security for Nigeria. Nigeria accepts the offer and the U.S. and Nigeria have held a strong and happy relationship for over 50 years!

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in 1993 Gen Sani Abacha seizes invades Nigeria. he seizes power and suppresses opposition

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in 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa destroyed a lot of land. in 1995 ken Saro was protesting the use of oil and wanted people to stop mining oil. so he decided to do something about it. but in doing so he destroyed his homeland and was executed for it. he also made the the economy level go way down because all of their oil was destroyed and unusable.

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in 1995 a man named who was against the oil industry destroyed lots of land. this man was trying to get people to use less oil and in doing so destroyed his homeland and damaged the land badly. for this he was executed following the hasty trial.

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in 2000 Nigeria gained a new set of laws. Nigeria decided to adopt the Islamic sharia law.

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in 2001 a Tribal war broke out. in 2001 a tribal war broke out in Benue state causing hundreds of natives death.

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in 2002 there was a huge massacre in Lagos. in this massacre some 100 people died and it had a large impact on the Lagos community.

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in 2002 riots broke out on the streets of major cities in Nigeria. some 200 people were killed in 4 days due to rioting caused by Muslim fury over the planed miss world beauty pageant in Kaduna.

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up to this day Nigeria is considered multi cultural. they have over 527 languages and cultural presences in Nigeria

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just recently in 2019 Nigeria got some better Eco friendly materials. the company BUA cement reached out and gave them more things to improve their Eco state.

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there are many cultural festivals that go on yearly. festivals like the Bakatue,Homowo,Aboakyer, and the kundum.

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in 2021 Nigeria Imported about 47.369 billion dollars in imports.

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in 2021 Unemployment was at an all time high at 32.56%