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West African Trade Routes
History
The West Africa Trade Routes connected places throughout Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. The trade routes affected these places in a few ways.
West African Trade Routes
How Trade Affected the Ancient Kingdom of Ghana
By Kate Adams
Since salt was worth it's weight in gold, and Ghana had a lot of salt, many people from all over came to trade with them. Ghana took advantage of this by charging tax for everything that a traveler brought in and out. They became very wealthy by doing this
How Trade Affected the Ancient Kingdom of Mali
Geography
As Islam spread to the West, Timbuktu and Gao became centers for Islamic learning and many other cities became centers for poets, scholars, and artists. Mosques and libraries started to get built.
The geography of West Africa greatly impacted the West African Trading Routes.
How Trade Affected the Songhai Empire
All the goods that the Songhai Empire traded caused them to grow economically. Sankore University became a top university in Timbuktu, many subjects were taught including law.
How Climate Impacted the West African Trade Routes
Arid, semiarid, and tropical wet and dry are all climates that the West African Trade Routes went through. These climates may have affected the routes because they made it easy to travel, there wasn't any terrible weather, and there weren't as many plants to work around.
How Physical Features Impacted the West African Trading Routes
The Senegal River, the Niger River, and the Sahara Desert are a few physical features along the trade routes. These rivers caused the trade routes to follow the path that they did because of the rivers rich resources.
Economics
Vegetation
Economics greatly affected the African Trade Routes. Throughout the trade routes people traded things like gold, salt, raw metals, golden saddles, shields, swords, cowrie shells, silver, dog collars, etc. Economics greatly affected the trade routes because if one place had something that another place didn't,the trade routes would go to that place. Somewhere that had something that was high in demand affected the trade routes because then they would want to reach that place. (ex. salt was worth a lot, Ghana had a lot of salt. People would come from all over to trade with Ghana).