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Kano

Type Object Region West Africa Time c. 999

Kano is a core city-state of Hausaland in West Africa, in present-day northern Nigeria, developing into a regional trade and craft center under the B…

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  1. c. 999–1050Kano · HausalandAmid competition among the Hausa city-states, Kano completed its transformation from settlement to walled town, forming a city-state governance structure centered on the monarch and council of elders, and establishing early markets on the agro-pastoral resources of the Sahel-forest transition zone.
  2. c. 1050–1150Kano · HausalandAround the 1080s CE, Kano was already deeply embedded in the trans-Saharan trade network, serving as a distribution point for salt, copper, cloth and kola nuts from the south; leather and indigo-dyeing crafts brought the city-state sustained wealth and population concentration.
  3. c. 1340–1800Kano · HausalandOver the following centuries Kano continued to expand amid competition among the Hausa cities and external powers (such as Songhai and the Fulani), gradually completing Islamization and strengthening its position as the cultural and economic center of Hausa civilization.

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