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Africa’s Gold & Salt Trade

Africa’s Gold & Salt Trade. 1000-1450 Lesson 3. Main Ideas:. Africa is rich in resources, but geographically isolated Trade between the regions of Africa led to changes in the nature of commerce Trade in slave labor has been a common practice in African society. Regionalization in Africa.

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Africa’s Gold & Salt Trade

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  1. Africa’s Gold & Salt Trade 1000-1450 Lesson 3

  2. Main Ideas: • Africa is rich in resources, but geographically isolated • Trade between the regions of Africa led to changes in the nature of commerce • Trade in slave labor has been a common practice in African society

  3. Regionalization in Africa • Broken up by deserts and rain forests • Lack of all necessary resources in any particular region >>> trade!

  4. Gold as Currency • Precious metals • Rarity coupled with universality • Metallurgy & Divisibility • ease of handling as coin

  5. The Gold & Salt Trade • N. Africa • desert • has salt, needs gold • W. Africa • tropical • has gold, needs salt • The camel: trans-Saharan trade possible

  6. Trade Practices • Silent barter (to avoid enslavement) • Impact of Islam • Brokers: handle process of exchange—make profit without contributing to production

  7. East African City-States • Trade with Islamic world • Brokers import raw materials from interior, sell to Arabs for finished goods • Swahili Coast enjoys tremendous profits

  8. The Arab Slave Trade • Zanj: Arab term for E. AFR—used to describe slaves sold to Arabs • Slavery in Islamic World • Time & scale of Arab slave trade • Cultural Diffusion

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