SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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8th century/800s
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18th century/ 1700s
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7th century/700s
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8th century/700s
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Detailed explanation-1: -The trans-Saharan slave trade commenced late in the 7th century when Abdallah Ben Said, the King of Islamised Egypt, conquered via Jihad the Sudan – “the land of infidels” – and in 652 imposed on Sudanese King Khalidurat a treaty known as Bakht.
Detailed explanation-2: -From 1200 to 1450, an extensive trans-Saharan trading system reached its peak. Huge caravans of camels and merchants transported goods across the desert. Trade across the Sahara linked the great kingdoms of West Africa to the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds.
Detailed explanation-3: -From the seventh to the eleventh century, trans-Saharan trade linked the Mediterranean economies that demanded gold-and could supply salt-to the sub-Saharan economies, where gold was abundant.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Trans-Saharan trade routes were a network of trade routes that crossed the Sahara Desert in Africa, connecting the Mediterranean coast to the West African savannah and the sub-Saharan region.