HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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the spread of Islam through conquest
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states arising through control of Saharan trade routes
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ever-larger successive Sudanic states
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the fragmentation of the Mali Empire
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Detailed explanation-1: -The slave trade was a significant part of the economy of the Songhai Empire. Along with salt and gold, slaves formed the three most important trade goods for the Songhai. The Songhai used cowrie shells as a form of currency while gold, copper, and iron were mediums of exchange.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Saharan Trade linked such African empires as Ghana, Mali, and Songhay to the European world. commodities along the trans-Saharan routes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over time, the slave trade became even more important to the West African economy. Kings traded slaves for valuable good, such as horses from the Middle East and textiles and weapons from Europe. The transSaharan slave trade contributed to the power of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
Detailed explanation-4: -Songhai encouraged trading with Muslims, such as the Berbers of the north. Great market places thrived in major cities where kola nuts, gold, ivory, slaves, spices, palm oil and precious woods were traded in exchange for salt, cloth, arms, horses and copper.