Trans-Saharan Trade Eric J. Robledo History111 Heather Thornton August 12‚ 2012 Trans-Saharan Trade During the eighth century until the late sixteenth century‚ one trade route captivated everyone involved from the Mediterranean to the Africa’s. The route‚ which not only attracted traders‚ did much more than just trade. This route not only was an economical boost for everyone‚ but it also connected the West African people with the Mediterranean people as well. By opening up a new world
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However‚ gold was not the only resource traded in Africa. The trans-Saharan trade routes were a vast trade network that reached across the continent‚ on which diverse goods and resources were traded‚ and knowledge‚ ideas‚ and religion spread in a phenomenon known as cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion that occurred along the trans-Saharan trade routes shaped the development of culture in medieval Africa. The trans-Saharan trade routes provided African people access to goods and resources that were
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The Trans-Saharan and the Indian Ocean trade are two of the most important trade routes during the Post Classical Era (600CE- 1450CE) especially during the rise of African civilization and the Middle Ages. Both of these trade routes spread wealth‚ were Arab controlled‚ and a significant aspect for the dissemination of Islam; however‚ the differences in geography and resources traded set them apart from each other. Although they have very different geography‚ the Trans- Saharan and Indian Ocean
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both in altitude and life-supporting conditions from the Atlas into the Sahara desert itself‚ which is one of the most arid and least hospitable climates on earth. Trans-Sahara trade refer to the trade between North Africa and Western Sudan across the Sahara desert. The trade requires travel across the Sahara to reach Sub-Saharan Africa from the North Africa Coast‚ Europe or the Levant. While the trade existed from pre-historic times‚ the peak of the trade extended from the eighth century until
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|Influence of Trans-Saharan Trade on West Africa | SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: Describe the role of the trans-Saharan caravan trade in the changing religious and cultural characteristics of West Africa and the influence of Islamic beliefs‚ ethics‚ and law. DO NOT WRITE ON THIS HANDOUT. Read the chart to answer questions on the next page. Impact of Trans-Saharan Trade |[pic] |CALIFORNIA CONTENT STANDARD 7.4.3 |Influence of Trans-Saharan Trade on West
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poor serfs were bound to a property owned by a wealthy landlord who oversaw them. 2. The slave trade from Africa to the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean long predated the arrival of Europeans. A trans-saharan trade route connected to the Nile River was utilized by Arabs to move people from Sub-Saharan Africa to the
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Central‚ and South America. These two overlapping waves of transcontinental slave trading made the slave trade central to the economies of many African states and threatened many more Africans with enslavement‚ and can to be known as the Trans-Saharan and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The merchants who traded slaves on the coast to European ship captains – for example the Vili traders north of the Congo‚ the Efik in the Bight of Biafra‚ and behind them the groups
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The Donkey caravan made it possible for many civilizations to trade with other civilizations and empires that were much further away with much more efficiency thereby cementing political relations between even more civilizations and empires. 2. Between Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley some of the most commonly traded things were spiritual resources such as ivory or acacia wood. 3. Between Egypt and Nubia‚ people traded primarily resources that they needed from the other location because those
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An Essay on “Caravans of Gold” and “Africa: A History Denied” A powerful and peaceful land of trade and scholarship was established in Africa long before European ships even landed there. Great African Empires flourished from the wealth of Africa’s natural resources that marked its rich and lavish history. Though Europeans and Arabs‚ people who most benefited from the wealth of Africa‚ denied Africa its legacy‚ the magnificence of people of color is embedded in the history of powerful empires such
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The Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid The author of “The Crisis Caravan”‚ Linda Polman is a Dutch journalist with personal experience with war zone charities since 1993; she has firsthand accounts in Haiti‚ Somalia‚ Rwanda‚ Sierra Leone‚ and numerous others. Her novel “The Crisis Caravan” is the consequence of her and others experiences and gives an uncompromising view of the contradictions of the humanitarian industry‚ and the results of money raisers‚ like the United States‚ neither being held accountable
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