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___MASK95___ (; ', ') is the capital and largest city ___MASK37___ Egypt . The city ' s metropolitan area is the largest in the Middle East and the Arab world , and 15th - largest in the world , and is associated with ancient Egypt , as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city ___MASK37___ Memphis are located in its geographical area . Located near the Nile Delta , modern ___MASK95___ was founded in 969 CE by Jawhar al - Siqilli (" the Sicilian ") ___MASK37___ the Fatimid dynasty , but the land composing the present - day city was the site ___MASK37___ ancient national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts ___MASK37___ Old ___MASK95___ . ___MASK95___ has long been a ___MASK49___ ___MASK37___ the region ' s political and cultural life , and is nicknamed " the city ___MASK37___ a thousand minarets " for its preponderance ___MASK37___ Islamic architecture . History ( from Greek , " historia ", meaning " inquiry , knowledge acquired by investigation ") is the study ___MASK37___ the past as it is described in written documents . Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory . It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory , discovery , collection , organization , presentation , and interpretation ___MASK37___ information about these events . Scholars who write about history are called historians . The University ___MASK37___ Ibadan ( UI ) is the oldest Nigerian university , and is located five miles ( 8 kilometres ) from the centre ___MASK37___ the major city ___MASK37___ Ibadan in Western Nigeria . A narrative or story is any report ___MASK37___ connected events , real or imaginary , presented in a sequence ___MASK37___ written or spoken words , and / or still or moving images . ___MASK85___ ( also known as Jozi , Joburg and eGoli ) is the largest city in ___MASK78___ and is one ___MASK37___ the 50 largest urban areas in the world . It is the provincial capital ___MASK37___ Gauteng , which is the wealthiest province in ___MASK78___ . While ___MASK85___ is not one ___MASK37___ ___MASK78___ ' s three capital cities , it is the seat ___MASK37___ the Constitutional Court . The city is located in the mineral - rich Witwatersrand range ___MASK37___ hills and is the centre ___MASK37___ large - scale gold and diamond trade . Tekena Nitonye Tamuno ( 28 January 1932 -- 11 April 2015 ) was a Nigerian historian and Vice - chancellor ___MASK37___ the University ___MASK37___ Ibadan . He was the President ___MASK37___ the Board ___MASK37___ Trustees ___MASK37___ Bells University ___MASK37___ Technology . y , usually referred to as ___MASK65___ State to distinguish it from the city ___MASK37___ ___MASK65___ , is an inland state in south - western Nigeria , with its capital at Ibadan . It is bounded in the north by Kwara State , in the east by Osun State , in the south by Ogun State and in the west partly by Ogun State and partly by the Republic ___MASK37___ Benin . A population is the number ___MASK37___ all the organisms ___MASK37___ the same group or species , which live in a particular geographical area , and have the capability ___MASK37___ interbreeding . Bells University ___MASK37___ Technology also known as Bellstech is the first private university ___MASK37___ technology established in Nigeria . It was established in 2004 , and began admitting students from the 2005 / 2006 academic session . ___MASK82___ is the state capital ___MASK37___ Oyo State . With a population ___MASK37___ over 3 million , it is the most populous city in the state , and the third most populous city in Nigeria , after Lagos and Kano ; it is the country ' s largest city by geographical area . At Nigerian independence , ___MASK82___ was the largest and most populous city in the country , and the third in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg . ___MASK69___ is the state capital ___MASK37___ ___MASK69___ State in Northern West , Nigeria . It is situated in the Sahelian geographic region , south ___MASK37___ the Sahara . ___MASK69___ is the commercial nerve ___MASK49___ ___MASK37___ Northern Nigeria and is the second largest city in Nigeria , after Lagos . The ___MASK69___ metropolis initially covered , and comprised six local government areas ( LGAs )  ___MASK69___ Municipal , Fagge , Dala , Gwale , Tarauni and Nasarawa ; However , it now covers two additional LGAs  Ungogo and Kumbotso . The total area ___MASK37___ Metropolitan ___MASK69___ is now , with a population ___MASK37___ 2 , 828 , 861 as ___MASK37___ the 2006 Nigerian census . The Federal ___MASK59___ ___MASK37___ Nigeria , commonly referred to as Nigeria , is a federal republic in West Africa , bordering Benin in the west , Chad and Cameroon in the east , and Niger in the north . Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf ___MASK37___ Guinea in the ___MASK9___ . It comprises 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory , where the capital , Abuja is located . Its largest cities include : Lagos , Kano , Ibadan , Benin City and ___MASK58___ . Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country . Prehistory means literally " before history ", from the Latin word for " before ," ', and Greek '. Human prehistory is the period from the ___MASK83___ that behaviorally and anatomically modern humans first appear until the appearance ___MASK37___ recorded history following the invention ___MASK37___ writing systems . Since both the ___MASK83___ ___MASK37___ settlement ___MASK37___ modern humans and the evolution ___MASK37___ human civilisations differ from region to region , prehistory starts and ends at different moments in ___MASK83___ , depending on the region concerned . A historian is a person who researches , studies , and writes about the past , and is regarded as an authority on it . Historians are concerned with the continuous , methodical narrative and research ___MASK37___ past events as relating to the human race ; as well as the study ___MASK37___ all history in time . If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history , the individual is a historian ___MASK37___ prehistory . Although " historian " can be used to describe amateur and professional historians alike , it is reserved more recently for those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline . Some historians , though , are recognized by publications or training and experience . " Historian " became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere . ___MASK52___ initially emerged as a port city which originated on a collection ___MASK37___ islands , which are contained in the present day Local Government Areas ( LGAs ) ___MASK37___ ___MASK52___ Island , Eti - Osa , Amuwo - Odofin and Apapa ; the islands are separated by creeks , fringing the southwest mouth ___MASK37___ ___MASK52___ Lagoon , while protected from the ___MASK9___ by barrier islands and long sand spits such as Bar Beach , which stretch up to east and west ___MASK37___ the mouth . Due to rapid urbanization , the city expanded to the west ___MASK37___ the lagoon to include areas in the present day ___MASK52___ Mainland , Ajeromi - Ifelodun and Surulere . This led to the classification ___MASK37___ ___MASK52___ into two main areas - the Island , which was the initial city ___MASK37___ ___MASK52___ , before it expanded into the area known as the Mainland . This city area was governed directly by the Federal Government through the " ___MASK52___ City Council ", until the creation ___MASK37___ ___MASK52___ State in 1967 , which led to the splitting ___MASK37___ ___MASK52___ city into the present day seven Local Government Areas ( LGAs ), and an addition ___MASK37___ other towns ( which now make up 13 LGAs ) from the then Western Region , to form the state .