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Crusades and eastern Mediterranean trading network
West Africa had pletiful trading kingdoms.
The long growing season
The wealth and power of city-states was based on its good trading.
Gold affected The rise of Early Kingdoms in West Africa by Gold making Africa Wealthy, and Gold was used to bring Glory in the Kings rule. Gold became more valuable than ever
Ivory and gold
Africakingdoms gained their powered by trading gold and salt.
Ghana! Then followed by Mali, then Songhai ! :)
gold
Camels contributed to the success of West African trading kingdoms because of their usefulness as pack animals on the gold route.
Te Dutch east Indian trading company
Crusades and eastern Mediterranean trading network
Early empires gained wealth and power by trading slaves, gold, and ivory.
The arrival of the European in the 15th and 16th century led to the slave trade. The Europeans traders were involved in the African kingdoms like Mali and Ghana because of their sophisticated trading networks.
Arabian and African societies were involved in slave trading in Africa before Europeans. Arab merchants conducted a significant portion of the trans-Saharan slave trade, while African kingdoms such as the Kingdom of Benin and the Kingdom of Dahomey participated in capturing and selling slaves.
it allowed trading
it allowed trading