The two most important trade items were gold and salt.
gold and salt
gold and salt
By trading with India.
Because of TRADING
It was a trading hub located between North Africa and West Africa.
Mali, Songhai, and Ghana gained their wealth from trading and controlling.
Gold, cocoa, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore and diamonds.
by the 1400s, Timbuktu had become a leading center of learning. The city drew some of the best scholars from all over the Muslim world. In his book, history and description of Africa, Leo Africanus described the intellectual life of the city
They maintained a huge trading network from the north to Egypt's border and south into central Africa. BAE <3
East Africa began trading with other regions long before European colonization. Evidence of trade networks with nations in Arabia, along the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea is found in Greek writings.
Checks and balances was created so no branch of government would become to powerful.
traders used the nile,the red sea,and overland routes to transport their gods.