No one really controlled the Saharan Trade route, however there were influential groups. The Bantus are an example. They were a nomadic tribe that traveled across the Sahara in caravans. Merchants would pay these nomads to travel across the desert to drop off goods and bring the money back to them in exchange for money or a different good.
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The first permanent trade route was created in 1482
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The Saharan trade extended from the 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.
The Darb el-Arbain trade route is one (there are more).
The Russian trade route ran from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.
which counties were involved in the trans-Saharan slave trade
Magna Græcia
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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.
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.
Trans-Saharan trade routes were primarily land based, the Silk road was both land and sea.