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ISLAMIC INFLUENCE IN THE TRANS-SAHARAN TRADE ROUTE
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2 MAJOR TRADING GOODS
KINGS
they traded their few resources of gold & salt through silent barters: a process in which people exchanged goods
2 MAJOR EFFECT : ISLAMIC MERCHANTS
MOTIVES FOR CONVERSIONS
- SOCIAL PRESTIGE
- Political Advantages for the Kings
Merchant Diaspora tied Communities of the top-down path which in turn affected the influence of the upper elitist
KINGDOM OF GHANA the First Great Sahelian Kingdom around the 11th Century
merchant/worldly traveler
IBN BATTUTA
- Traveled 75,000 miles
- Through 49 countries
- 29 years of Traveling
Conclusion
MAP OF TRADE ROUTE
LIKE ANY KINGDOM GHANA ROSE AND FELL WHICH BROUGHT WAY TO mALI EMPIRE (1215-1450)
reason i mention mali in regards to the trans-saharan trade and islam influence is the futher influence of its merchants/worldly travelers one such as
How big is The Sahara
Desert?
Why are Merchant diaspora
important?
2 MAJOR EFFECT OF THE TRADE ROUTE
Map
1st Major Effect
- created conditions where hierarchies leveraged material network flows
Works Cites
- David Robinson. Muslim Societies in African History. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels (eds). The History of Islam in Africa. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 2000.
ISLAMIC INFLUENCE IN THE TRANS-SAHARAN TRADE ROUTE (Kevin Thom)
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