HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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helped create great wealth and vast trade networks that spread new ideas.
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were both vital to health and very rare in the region, which made them valuable.
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were abundant in the region, allowing it to develop self-sufficiently and become wealthy.
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increased trade, bringing in great wealth and spreading new ideas such as Christianity, which became the official religion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Caravans also headed from North Africa to West Africa. They transported cloth, weapons, horses, paper, and books. Once in West Africa, they traded for salt from the mines in Sahara.
Detailed explanation-2: -Trade significantly influenced the course of history in West Africa. The wealth made through trade was used to build larger kingdoms and empires. To protect their trade interests, these kingdoms built strong armies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rapidly growing trade brought a lot of wealth and power to West Africa, just as the Ghana Empire was getting its start. The Ghana Empire, in particular, grew rich from the trans-Sahara trade. It certainly helped that the empire had control over the three major gold fields to the south of them.