HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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They traded iron for gold
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They traded iron for salt
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Iron tools and weapons were used to conquer them
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Iron tools and weapons helped them expand their empire
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Detailed explanation-1: -The development of iron resources, and the ironworking skills of the people, helped produce weapons, such as iron-pointed spears, which led to easy expansion of Ghana’s territories and its conquest of neighboring tribes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fabrication of iron tools and weapons allowed for the kind of extensive systematized agriculture, efficient hunting, and successful warfare necessary to sustain large urban centers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The production of iron tools helped make the farming process easier and more efficient. Farmers could plow tougher soil, making it possible to harvest new crops and freeing time for more leisure. New varieties of crops and livestock were introduced at different times over the span of the Iron Age.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Iron Age followed the very long Stone Age, in which tools were made mainly from stone, and the shorter Bronze Age, in which they were made of bronze. Iron is a better metal than bronze for making tools and weapons because it is harder and tougher.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Nok culture was one of the earliest known societies of Western Africa. It existed in modern-day Nigeria from around 500 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. The Nok farmed crops and used iron tools.