• Zilum is a settlement of the Gajiganna culture located in the Chad Basin of northeastern Nigeria, 72 km north of Maiduguri in Borno State and is dated...
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    Sao civilisation (category Iron Age cultures of Africa)
    800 BCE), gradually increasing in complexity. Sites like Zilum of the Chad Basin are examples of this. Sao artifacts show that they were a sophisticated...
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  • Late Antiquity List of states during the Middle Ages Magnavita, Carlos; Breunig, Peter; Ameje, James; Posselt, Martin (2006). "Zilum: a mid-first millennium...
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    millennium BCE) Dia (9th century BCE) Walalde (800 BCE) Kursakata (800 BCE) Zilum (7th/5th century BCE) Opi (5th century BCE) Senegambian Stone Circles (3rd...
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    marking). Sao civilization sites of walled-cities are in the Lake Chad region, along the Chari River; the oldest site—at Zilum, Chad—dates to at least the...
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    settlements have recently been found in Zilum, Chad. The area is located approximately 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Lake Chad, and has been radiocarbon dated...
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    constructed during the 1st millennium BCE, were found in Zilum, Chad approximately 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Lake Chad. Rock art in Central Africa is generally...
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