Trans saharan trade route

Shem Hotep ("I go in peace"). Trade Across the Sahara. Medieval Trade Routes Across the Sahara. The sands of the Sahara Desert ...

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A map indicating the major trans-Saharan trade routes across West Africa c. 1100-1500 CE. The darker yellow areas indicate gold fields.

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Historical trans-Saharan trade routes

Chinguetti Old Town, Mauritania

In the ancient empire of Mali, the most important industry for trading was the gold industry. Much gold was traded through the Sahara desert, to the countries on the North African coast. The...

Parthian Empire enlarged map - The Trans-Saharan Gold Trade (AD 7th-14th c.) - The shaded portion indicates the empire of Mali in the fourteenth century, and the dashed lines trace the main trans-Saharan routes of the period.

The Ghana Empire was the first of the great West African empires that existed during the Middle Ages.

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