2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade

• expanded in this time period but existed beforehand

• connected north africa and meditteranean to west africa and interior africa

causes

• innovations in transportation

• camel saddles

• caravan travel

• caravanserai

traded

• gold

• kola nuts

• horses

• salt

• each region had specializations and led to demand to trade with each other and expansion of networks

growth of states: mali

• islamic

• got connected into trade partnerships in dar-al-islam

• grew exceedingly wealthy thanks to participation in trans-saharan network

• traded gold

• taxed merchants travelling through region

• mansa musa ruled

  • toured africa and injected gold, causing inflation