In the 11th century at the court of the Kanem Mai Umme, traders arrive with a tale of one God! and not just that they talk of the possibilities of Brotherhood with fellow monarchs across the great deserts, show him their written words and offer their general services, he could make a profit selling them some of the surplus agricultural products from his domain and serve as a middle-man to pass on products from the resource rich but disease ridden Rain-forests, all this in exchange for changing his name to Humme Jilmi and accepting that there was but one God and that Muhammad was his prophet.
The geographical features effected this development a lot with rivers and trade countries. For one the Congo, the Niger and the Zambezi river were major trade routes which traders from other countries could use to import goods and trade with Africa. Africa was is also surrounded by the major trade countries of Europe and Asia. Africa soon started doing a lot of trading thus being shaped by other traders around them.
the kings in African kingdoms were lured by Europeans with gifts such as manufactured goods and money and in return they allowed other Africans to be exported as slaves
Western African kingdoms prospered because they controlled the West African trade routes. In addition to that, kingdoms like Mali exported ivory, gold, and salt (among other goods), which were always in high demand.
The west Africans grew wealthy though trade because they made taxes for people who came in and out of their territory.
The Saharan trade extended from the Sub-Saharan West African kingdoms across the Sahara desert to Europe. The Saharan Trade linked such African empires as Ghana, Mali, and Songhay to the European world.
it affected it because the kingdoms (with trade) slowly got richer and richer.
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Sahara
The gold and salt trade
African Kingdoms gained wealth and power by controlling the trade in gold and salt.
African Kingdoms gained wealth and power by controlling the trade in gold and salt.
Sahara
Complicit.
Sahara
the kings in African kingdoms were lured by Europeans with gifts such as manufactured goods and money and in return they allowed other Africans to be exported as slaves
African kingdoms fought to acquire the goods offered by Europeans in exchange for slaves
mali and songhai