Trans-Saharan Trade Notes

Vocabulary flashcards covering the origin, organization, commodities, and transportation methods of the Trans-Saharan trade based on the provided notes.

Trans-Saharan trade

The transportation of goods across the Saharan desert between Sub-Saharan Africa and the northern Arab and European worlds, also referred to as Caravan trade.

Caravan trade

An alternative name for Trans-Saharan trade, which was carried out across the Saharan desert.

Camels

Animals introduced in Africa during $100\,\text{AD}$ that led to the beginning of Trans-Saharan trade, replacing horses and donkeys because they were more resistant to desert conditions and could move faster in the desert.

Commodities of Trans-Saharan trade

Goods traded across the desert, including salt, textile, copper, silver, woolen garments, brass, tin, horses, millet, sorghum, wheat, gum, ostrich feathers, livestock, and gold.