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History Lesson Two

The document outlines the major trade routes of the trans-Saharan trade, including the Western, Central, and Eastern routes, and highlights the challenges faced by traders such as scarcity of resources, insecurity, and extreme weather. It also discusses international trade, particularly the trans-Atlantic slave trade, emphasizing the reasons for the preference of African slaves and the methods of acquiring them. Additionally, it lists various trade items exchanged between regions, including slaves, gold, and goods from Europe and the Americas.

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History Lesson Two

The document outlines the major trade routes of the trans-Saharan trade, including the Western, Central, and Eastern routes, and highlights the challenges faced by traders such as scarcity of resources, insecurity, and extreme weather. It also discusses international trade, particularly the trans-Atlantic slave trade, emphasizing the reasons for the preference of African slaves and the methods of acquiring them. Additionally, it lists various trade items exchanged between regions, including slaves, gold, and goods from Europe and the Americas.

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HISTORY

Trade
TRADE ROUTES

Primary routes include:


The Western route.
This route started at fez in Morocco to sijilmasa,
the taghaza, and Timbuktu and ended in the Niger
belt.
The Central route.
This route began in Tunis through Ghat, Agades,
Kano and ended within the Hausa state.
The Eastern route.
This route started from Tripoli then Murzuk, Bilma
and finally ended at Njimi
CHALLENGES FACED BY THE TRANS-SAHARAN TRADERS.

The journey was long and tiresome lasting between three and four months.
Scarcity of water and food during the journeys.
Insecurity in the desert.
The routes in the desert changed frequently hence occasionally get lost in the
desert.
There was Communication barrier due to lack of a common language for
transactions.
Traveling under extreme weather conditions; too hot during the day and too
cold at night.
Exposure to frequent sandstorms which killed many traders.
Frequent attacks from wild animals including scorpions and poisonous snakes.
The main participants were.
• The Berbers from North Africa.
• The Tuaregs from Sahara
• The western Sudan rulers
• The western Sudan traders.

Possible questions on trans-Saharan


trade
1. Impact of the trans-Saharan trade.
2. Decline of the trans-Saharan trade.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
• This is a type of trade that involves the
exchange of goods between different
countries in one continent or beyond the
continent.
• Examples of international trade include
• The Indian Ocean trade
• The trans-Atlantic trade.
• The trans-Atlantic trade
• The trans-Atlantic trade involved Europe, Africa
and the Americas thus earning it the name
Triangular trade.
• It involved crossing the Atlantic and the main
commodity was slaves.
SLAVE TRADE.

• African slaves were more preferred by


Europeans because;
• They were available in large numbers.
• They were found to be cheaper to use than
European laborers and American Indians.
• They were thought to be immune to both
European and tropical diseases.
• They appeared stronger and therefore
suitable for manual labor.\
WAYS OF • Prisoners of war could be sold off.
• Lonely travelers were also kidnapped.
OBTAINING
• Some African leaders sold criminals in their
SLAVES communities such as murderers, thieves and adulterers
to the slave traders.
• Were acquired through raids on African villages.
• The weak in the society such as the feeble-minded,
widows and orphans were sold into slavery.
• Some slave dealers enticed the locals particularly
children and sold them into slavery.
• Tax offenders were sold off by the African chiefs to pay
their debt.
TRADE ITEMS
• Trade items Main trade item • Goods from America
• Slaves • Sugar
• Goods from West Africa. • Tobacco
• Gold • Cotton
• Gum • Goods from Europe.
• Hides • Cloth
• Pepper • Firearms
• Ivory • Glassware
• Bees wax. • Liquor
• Iron ware.
TRADE ROUTES

• From West Africa the slaves were shipped to plantations in the Caribbean and Americas. They were
carried along with other goods from Africa.
• From plantations in America, raw materials were transported to industries in Europe
• From Europe, finished products were shipped to West Africa.

• Main European ports which were crucial in this trade were:


• Bristol
• Liverpool
• Glasgow in Britain
• Bordeaux
• Nantes in France
• Amsterdam in Holland
ENJOY THE REST
OF YOUR HOLIDAY.
I KNOW I WILL

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