The Nok people were advanced because of their iron smelting skills,sculptures,and their judicial system, but their strange disappearance has caused historians to be left unsure. The Nok people discovered a way to smelt iron, this allowed them to have the strongest tools during this time period. They also created sculptures made out of a material called Terracotta, this details their culture. The Nok people had a modern judicial system with several courthouses. In about 200 A.D.The Nok people disappeared, scientist don't know exactly what happened to them but there are several theories. The Terra-cotta sculptures were believed to be a major part in the Nok society. The statues were life sized with wide hollowed out eyes that resembled
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When scientists were looking for information in the soil, the artifacts just disappeared which implies that they no longer lived in that place. "Scientists believe that some reasons they could have left or died were, an epidemic, invasion, famine, or their economy crashed".(Holloway, April. "The Highly Advanced and Mysterious Ancient Civilization of the Nok." Ancient Origins. N.p., 22 July 2013.) .All of these options are very possible but scientists have no proof, so it is still unknown. But they left a great legacy for the people around them and influenced the lives of many civilizations who came after them and learned from their techniques. They also influenced present day because people still use their iron smelting techniques and present day countries judicial systems are very similar to theirs. These are just the advancements that scientist have discovered. Its very likely they used their knowledge to create tools to make their lives easier, like most civilizations have done in the past. If the Nok people could smelt iron and run a more modern judicial system its likely they invented and inspired things we use in our everyday life. And although we are aware of what they actually believed, based on their sculptures we can assume that their society was probably built around their gods and religion. They did and currently inspire the way people smelt
When scientists were looking for information in the soil, the artifacts just disappeared which implies that they no longer lived in that place. "Scientists believe that some reasons they could have left or died were, an epidemic, invasion, famine, or their economy crashed".(Holloway, April. "The Highly Advanced and Mysterious Ancient Civilization of the Nok." Ancient Origins. N.p., 22 July 2013.) .All of these options are very possible but scientists have no proof, so it is still unknown. But they left a great legacy for the people around them and influenced the lives of many civilizations who came after them and learned from their techniques. They also influenced present day because people still use their iron smelting techniques and present day countries judicial systems are very similar to theirs. These are just the advancements that scientist have discovered. Its very likely they used their knowledge to create tools to make their lives easier, like most civilizations have done in the past. If the Nok people could smelt iron and run a more modern judicial system its likely they invented and inspired things we use in our everyday life. And although we are aware of what they actually believed, based on their sculptures we can assume that their society was probably built around their gods and religion. They did and currently inspire the way people smelt