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  1. Trans-Saharan trade - Wikipedia

    • Trans-Saharan trade is trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa that requires travel across the Sahara. Though this trade began in prehistoric times, the peak of trade extended from the 8th century until the early 17th century CE. The Sahara once had a different climate and environment. In Libya and Algeria, from at least 7000 BCE, pastoralism (th… See more

    Early trans-Saharan trade

    Ancient trade spanned the northeastern corner of the Sahara in the Naqadan era. Predynastic Egyptians in the
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    Introduction of the camel

    Herodotus wrote of the Garamantes hunting Ethiopian Troglodytes from chariots; this account was associated with depictions of horses drawing chariots in contemporary cave art in southern Morocco and the Fezzan, … See more

    Spread of Islam

    Several trade routes became established, perhaps the most important terminating in Sijilmasa (Morocco) and Ifriqiya to the north. There, and in other North African cities, Berber traders had increased contact with Islam, enco… See more

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