History Welcome to History Keypoint page. Browse topics below: Definition of History SOURCES OF HISTORY OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY OF HISTORY LAND AND PEOPLE OF NIGERIA THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF NIGERIA THE RELIEF OF NIGERIA CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF NIGERIA NIGERIA MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES THE IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY ON HISTORY THE IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY ON HUMAN ACTIVITIES WHAT IS CULTURE? CULTURAL SUCCESSION IN NIGERIA THE EARLY STONE AGE THE MIDDLE STONE AGE IN NIGERIA THE LATE STONE AGE THE AGRICULTURAL AGE THE IRON AGE CENTRES OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION THE NOK CULTURE Characteristics of NOK Art THE IFE CULTURE THE IGBO-UKWU CULTURE THE BENIN CULTURE THE ESIE SOAPSTONE IMAGES RELEVANCE OF NOK, IFE, IGBO-UKWU, AND BENIN CULTURES FOR NIGERIAN HISTORY THE INDIGENOUS INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA TRADITIONS OF ORIGIN OF NIGERIAN PEOPLE THE KANEM-BORNO EMPIRE (800-1470AD) THE RISE OFTHE FIRST KANEM-BORNO EMPIRE THE FALL/COLLAPSE OF FIRST KANEM-BORNO EMPIRE THE SECOND KANEM-BORNO EMPIRE (1470-1846) POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF THE 2ND KANEM-BORNO EMPIRE THE FALL OF THE 2ND KANEM-BORNO EMPIRE THE HAUSA The Political Structure of the Hausa Kingdom The Nupe Kingdom WHY THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORIGIN OF NIGERIAN PEOPLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND INTER GROUP RELATIONS INTERMARRIAGE, LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL BORROWING ASPECT OF AGRICULTURE AND CRAFTS THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION, WAR AND POLITICS ON INTER-GROUP RELATIONS THE TRANS-SAHARA TRADE THE ITEMS INVOLVED IN THE TRANS-SAHARAN TRADE: The coming of Islam and it’s effect on Borno and Hausa States The Effects of Islam on Borno and Hausa Early European Contacts With The coastal States Reasons for the European Activities: The Impacts of European Contact on Nigerians The Origin of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Nigeria The Organization of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: The Effects of Slave Trade on Nigerian Society CENTRALISED STATES OF NIGERIA (NORTH) KANEM-BORNO CENTRALISED STATE (NORTH) THE FIRST KANURI EMPIRE (800-1470 AD) Reasons for the fall of first Kanuri Empire THE SECOND KANURI EMPIRE (1472 – 1504) FACTORS FOR THE RISE OF 2nd KANURI EMPIRE THE FALL OF THE SECOND KANURI EMPlRE HAI ALI GHAJI (1472 – 1504) MAI IDRIS ALOOMA (1580 – 1617) SOCIO POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF BORNO THE ECONOMY OF BORNO ISLAM IN BORNO THE HAUSA CENTRALIZED STATES THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF THE HAUSA STATES THE HAUSA ECONOMY ISLAM IN HAUSA LAND THE IMPACT OF ISLAM IN HAUSALAND THE IGALA FACTORS FOR THE GROWTH OF IGALA THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF IGALA THE ECONOMY OF IGALA NUPE FACTORS THAT LED TO NUPE’S GROWTH THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF NUPE THE ECONOMY OF NUPE PEOPLE SOME NOTABLE RULERSIN NUPE WERE: JUKUN THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF JUKUN PEOPLE THE ECONOMY OF JUKUN PEOPLE FACTORS THAT LED TO THE EXPANSION OF JUKUN KINGDON WERE THE FALL OF JUKUN KINGDON IFE KINGDOM OYO EMPIRE SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF OYO THE ECONOMY OF OYO THE FALL OF OYO EMPIRE BENIN EMPIRE THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF BENIN THE BENIN ECONOMY CAUSES OF THE FALL OF BENIN EMPIRE THE EFIK STATE OF CALABAR SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF THE EFIK THE ECONOMY OF THE EFIK PEOPLE THE ITSEKIRI KINGDOM THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF ITSEKIRI ECONOMY OF THE ITSEKIRI KINGDOM THE IGBO PEOPLE OF THE EASTERN NIGERIA SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF THE IGBO THE ECONOMY OF THE IGBO PEOPLE THE ISOKO PEOPLE SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF THE ISOKO THE URHOBO SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF URHOBO THE BIYOM SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATON OF THE BIYOM THE NIGER DELTA SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF THE NIGER DELTA THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE FACTORS THAT LED TO THE JIHAD THE ORGANISATION OF THE CALIPHATE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIPHATE AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER STATES THE IMPACTS OF SOKOTO JIHAD ON NIGERIA THE JIHAD OF SEKU AHMADU LOBBO OF MASINA FACTORS THAT LED TO SEKU AHMADU’S JIHAD JIHAD OF ALHAJI UMAR THE EMERGENCE OF EL-KANEMI DEVELOPMENTS UNDER EL-KANEMI THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SHEHU UMAR THE DECLINE OF BORNO THE SUPPRESSION OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE REASONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SUPPRESSION OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA: THE IMPACTS OF CHRISTIANITY ON THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY THE COLLAPSE OF OLD OYO EMPIRE IMPACT OF WARS ON THE YORUBA SOCIETY INCREASED BRITISH PRESSURE ON YORUBA LAND BENIN IN THE 19th CENTURY THE BRITISH ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA UP TO 1900 BRITISH OCCUPATION OF LOGAS THE IJEBU INTERVENTION AND THE BRITISH PUSHING YORUBA LAND -1892: THE CONQUEST OF THE DELTA STATES KING JAJA OF OPOBO AND THE BRITISH NANA OF ITSEKIRI AND THE BRITISH OVONRAMWEN OF BENIN SAMORI TOURE THE GREAT TREK CONSEQUENCES OF THE GREAT TREK BRITISH COLONIAL ADMINSTRATION REASONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION INDIRECT RULE SYSTEM IN NIGERIA REASONS FOR INTRODUCING INDIRECT RULE IN NIGERIA WHY INDIRECT RULE SYSTEM IN THE NORTH WORKED REASONS WHY THE INDIRECT RULE SYSTEM DIDN’T SUCCEED FULLY IN THE WEST REASONS WHY INDIRECT RULE SYSTEM FAILED IN THE EAST ADVANTAGES OF INDIRECT RULE SYSTEM DISADVANTAGES OF INDIRECT RULE SYSTEM FRENCH POLICY OF ASSIMILATION IN WEST AFRICA FEATURES OF FRENCH POLICY OF ASSIMILATION THE FRENCH POLICY OF ASSOCIATION ORIGIN OF NATIONALISM AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF NATIONALIST MOVEMENT FACTORS THAT LED TO NATIONALISM IN NIGERIA EFFECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS OF NATONALISM IN NIGERIA THE FIRST REPUBLIC – 1960 TO 1966 COUPS, MILITARY RULE, THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1966 – 1979) THE SECOND REPUBLIC (1979 TO 1983) MILITARY REGIMES AND THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT (1983 -1999) THE THIRD REPUBLIC (1999- 2003) HE FOURTH REPUBLIC (2003 -2007) THE FIFTH REPUBLIC (2007-2015) THE SIXTH REPUBLIC (2015- PRESENT) ABA WOMEN’S RIOT OF 1929 THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR (REMOTE CAUSES) THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR (IMMEDIATE CAUSES) PEACE MOVES MADE TO PREVENT THE CIVIL WAR CRISES EFFECTS OF THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR CRISIS Reasons behind the explorations of the 19th century: Mungo Park’s Expedition: Hugh Clapperton’s Expedition Lander’s Expedition Macgregor Larid’s Expedition: The 1841 Niger Expedition: John Beecroft’s Expedition Dr. William Baike’s Expedition REACTION OF NIGERIANS TO THE EXPLORERS DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY THE EUROPEAN EXPLORERS RESULTS OF THE EXPLORATION UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION (UNO) AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF UNO MAIN ORGANS OF UNITED NATIONS Past Secretary-Generals of the UNO SPECIALIZED AGENCIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION (FAO) INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF) INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (IBRD) REASONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UNO AGENCIES ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE UNO PROBLEMS/WEAKNESS OF THE UNO THE ROLE OF NIGERIA AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY (OAU) (Now AU) OBJECTIVES OF AU ORGANS OF AU AU Permanent Representatives PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH OAU WAS ESTABLISHED MAJOR ORGANS OF OAU SPECIALIZED AGENCIES OF THE OAU ACHIEVEMENTS OF OAU WEAKNESSES/PROBLEMS OF OAU COMMON WEALTH OF NATIONS MEMBER STATES OF COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS AND THEIR YEARS OF ENTRY AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH BENEFITS/ADVANTAGES OF COMMONWEALTH MEMBERSHIP PROBLEMS FACING THE COMMONWEALTH ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) ECOWAS MEMBER STATES AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF ECOWAS INSTITUTIONAL ORGANS OF ECOWAS ACHIEVEMENTS OF ECOWAS PROBLEMS/WEAKNESS OF ECOWAS ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF OPEC MAIN ORGANS OF OPEC ACHIEVEMENTS OF OPEC PROBLEMS/WEAKNESSES OF OPEC NIGERIA’S MOTIVES FOR JOINING OPEC HISTORY POINTS TO NOTE
