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  1. History of Niger

    Humans have inhabited present-day Niger since prehistoric times, with evidence of early activity dating back 60,000 years. The region hosted ancient rock carvings and pastoral communities from 7,000 BCE. Once fertile, it supported large settlements and cattle herding until the climate became arid around 2500 BCE. By the 5th century BCE, Niger was part of trans-Saharan trade routes connecting West African empires to the Mediterranean. The introduction of the camel in the 3rd century facilitated more regular contact and trade across the Sahara. The area saw the rise and fall of empires, including the Songhai Empire, which controlled parts of Niger in the 15th and 16th centuries. French colonial rule began in the late 19th century, with Niger becoming a French colony in 1922. Post-World War II reforms led to limited self-governance, and Niger declared independence on August 3, 1960, with Hamani Diori as its first president. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Several former northern villages and archaeological sites date from the Green Sahara period of 7500-7000 to 3500-3000 BCE. [3] When the climate returned to savanna grasslands—wetter than today's climate—and lakes reappeared in what is the modern Ténéré desert, a population practicing hunting, fishing, and cattle husbandry.
  3. britannica.com

    History of Niger, a survey of the notable events and people in the history of Niger. The country, located in western Africa, is landlocked and takes its name from the Niger River, which flows through the southwestern part of its territory; the name Niger derives in turn from the phrase gher
    Author:Finn Fuglestad
  4. oxfordre.com

    National development became the general theme of Niger's history until the late 1980s. Colonialism was criticized for failing to achieve it; dissension arose between Niger's leading politicians of the 1950 over the methods—radical or moderate—with which it should be pursued; a coup in 1974 was made in its name.
  5. assets.cambridge.org

    Jenne-jeno "discovered" to the world It can be said, without much fear of contradiction, that the ancient Middle Niger is the most recent of the world's major urban civilizations to be discovered. Sadly, this discovery only dawned upon the archaeological world in the late 1970s. Why sadly? Independently developed. Enormous in size and population. Sophisticated in crafts. Voluminous in ...
  6. blackpast.org

    The population of Niamey remained small into the 1940s with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants. After World War II the city's population began to increase as greater African autonomy seemed near and Niamey appeared to be a likely government center. In 1960, Niger won its independence from France and Niamey became its capital.
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