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GST 112 Study Session 2: GST103: Nigerian Peoples and Cultures Objective Question
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What stimulated the complex inter-group fusions that gave rise to centralized polities in Hausaland?
Options
A The Atlantic slave trade
B The trans-Saharan trade network between c. 1100-1400
Correct Answer
C The arrival of European colonizers
D The jihad of Uthman dan Fodio
Correct Answer

Option B is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

The text states that 'the incorporation of Hausaland into the trans-Saharan trade network between c. 1100-1400 stimulated a complex series of inter-group fusions which gave rise to centralized polities.'

Hint

This trade network connected West Africa to North Africa and the Mediterranean.

Question Info

Course: GST 112
Topic: Study Session 2: GST103: Nigerian Peoples and Cultures
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 80 of 1270
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