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Who did the Kongo Kingdom trade with?
The Kongo Kingdom traded with Portugal, when King Afonso was in power and after.
What did the Kongo kingdom trade?
they traded slaves
Which style of African art by influenced by contact with Portuguese explorers and traders?
Benin
What four states developed south of the Sudan around AD 1000?
Benin, Yoruba, Kongo, and Luba
Who traded first with the benin kingdom?
the portuguese
What is a salt cellar?
An Ivory Salt Cellar is what the People of Benin in Ancient Africa used to store their salt. When the Portuguese traders first travelled to western Africa on an exploratory expidition in the late 15th century, they began to trade with the people of benin. When they traded commodities for salt, the Benin people gave them Ivory salt cellars as souvenirs with carvings of Europeans on the top of them.
What is a ivory salt cellar?
An Ivory Salt Cellar is what the People of Benin in Ancient Africa used to store their salt. When the Portuguese traders first travelled to western Africa on an exploratory expidition in the late 15th century, they began to trade with the people of benin. When they traded commodities for salt, the Benin people gave them Ivory salt cellars as souvenirs with carvings of Europeans on the top of them.
what could traders from benin offer in exchange for the resources they needed?
salt
What did they trade in Ancient Benin?
They mainly traded cotton; however, in the 1600s, Dutch merchants went to Benin and traded pepper. The cotton was the largest trade because it because a main focal point in Benin to weave cloths. The making of cloth spread locally throughout Benin, which occured in the 1500s.
What did traders trade on the silk road?
they traded silk
What three countries in West Africa are named for ancient empire?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, each overlapping each other as they expand one after the other
Was Benin an African kingdom know for its skilled brassmakers fierce warriors and clever traders?
yes
