HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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Trans-Saharan trade route also includes trade on the East Coast of Africa. This area is mostly the trading of which of the below?
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slaves
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goats
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gold
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salt
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Trans-Saharan trade, conducted across the Sahara Desert, was a web of commercial interactions between the Arab world (North Africa and the Persian Gulf) and sub-Saharan Africa. The main objects of this trade were gold and salt; gold was in abundance in the western part of Africa, but scarce in North Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -There is no exact count for the number of Africans transported during the trans-Saharan trade. Scholars estimate that between 11 and 14 million Africans were transported out of Africa.
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