Machine translation from French, under review. The French text is authoritative.
The Sao, a civilisation south of Lake Chad known from archaeology (terracottas, burial jars, bronzes) and oral tradition, flourished from the first millennium CE; their chronology is still debated. The Kotoko are regarded as their cultural heirs.
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