They could easily reach the Americas and Europe, their main partners in trade, by crossing the Atlantic Ocean as opposed to the east African empires being very difficult to access. To get to the east African empires, the traders would have to sail all the way around the continent of Africa or sail to Africa and then have to cross the dangerous rain forests and deserts of Africa. It might help if you looked at a map and drew a line from Europe and the Americas to east and west Africa. Going to west Africa from these locations with the technology of the time was much easier. (Assuming that this was around the time of European Imperialism in Africa, or at least before modern times)
They could easily reach the Americas and Europe, their main partners in trade, by crossing the Atlantic Ocean as opposed to the east African empires being very difficult to access. To get to the east African empires, the traders would have to sail all the way around the continent of Africa or sail to Africa and then have to cross the dangerous rain forests and deserts of Africa. It might help if you looked at a map and drew a line from Europe and the Americas to east and west Africa. Going to west Africa from these locations with the technology of the time was much easier. (Assuming that this was around the time of European imperialism in Africa, or at least before modern times)
They could easily reach the Americas and Europe, their main partners in trade, by crossing the Atlantic Ocean as opposed to the east African empires being very difficult to access. To get to the east African empires, the traders would have to sail all the way around the continent of Africa or sail to Africa and then have to cross the dangerous rain forests and deserts of Africa. It might help if you looked at a map and drew a line from Europe and the Americas to east and west Africa. Going to west Africa from these locations with the technology of the time was much easier. (Assuming that this was around the time of European Imperialism in Africa, or at least before modern times)
Hey there, I assume that you are talking about post classical Africa, the answer would be International trade flourished in the urbanized ports of east Africa, including commerce with India and China. Glad I could help to anyone reading this!
Well the ottomans did help find new trade routes around africa to india so yeah thats preety much it
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Zheng He helped China establish diplomatic relations with other countries, expand trade networks, and demonstrate China's power and influence through his voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa.
David Livingstone believed that opening the interior of Africa to Christianity and trade would help end the East African Arab-Swahili slave trade, promote commerce, and bring about social and economic development to the region.
The Northwest Passage.
Mainly, Caritas helps indonesia, and east timor and south africa. Mainly the poor areas of Africa, aisa and Australia
Fair trade bananas are from places like Africa made by poor people so they make it more expensive to pay extra to the people in Africa that help make it.