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Official JAMB History outline · Section A: The Nigeria Area up to 1800
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a. Central Sudan: Kanuri and Hausa states.
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Relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of origin and determine inter-state relations.
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b. Niger-Benue Valley: Nupe, Jukun, Igala, Idoma, Tiv and Ebira.
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Relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of origin and determine inter-state relations.
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c. Eastern Forest Belt: Igbo and Ibibio.
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Relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of origin and determine inter-state relations.
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d. Western Forest Belt: Yoruba and Edo.
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Relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of origin and determine inter-state relations.
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e. Coastal and Niger-Delta: Efik, Ijo, Itsekiri and Urhobo.
Objective
Relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of origin and determine inter-state relations.
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i. Factors influencing their origin and migration.
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Relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of origin.
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ii. Social and political organizations.
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Account for their social and political organizations.
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iii. Inter-state relations, religion, war and peace.
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Determine inter-state relations and highlight the differences between centralized and non-centralized (acephalous) states.
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