How did the Trans-Saharan Trade Route Actually Work?
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Date: 2023-12-16
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-ppLegba
funfact. in morocco at one point the sultan got too weak and gave up toeurope s wishes and it was decided that morocco will defeat the mali empire and send all black timbuktu men to be sold from mogador by the portuguese and the problem was that portugal accused morocco of hiding slaves that the sultan wanted to keep for himself and it was finally decided that black moroccans with large noses are not moroccans but west african and will be sold as slaves while black moroccans with small noses are to stay moroccans and wont be sold as slaves.
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funfact. in morocco at one point the sultan got too weak and gave up toeurope s wishes and it was decided that morocco will defeat the mali empire and send all black timbuktu men to be sold from mogador by the portuguese and the problem was that portugal accused morocco of hiding slaves that the sultan wanted to keep for himself and it was finally decided that black moroccans with large noses are not moroccans but west african and will be sold as slaves while black moroccans with small noses are to stay moroccans and wont be sold as slaves.
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-vanivanov9571
Umm, we have a papyrus document of camel agents existing, with many camels they rent out to farmers and travellers, back in third century BC Egypt. So clearly Africa has been using camels long before the 3rd century AD, and there's no reason to suspect they weren't used in Saharan transnavigation. So the boom in Saharan trade was likely due to something unrelated to camels.
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Umm, we have a papyrus document of camel agents existing, with many camels they rent out to farmers and travellers, back in third century BC Egypt. So clearly Africa has been using camels long before the 3rd century AD, and there's no reason to suspect they weren't used in Saharan transnavigation. So the boom in Saharan trade was likely due to something unrelated to camels.
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-muscledavis5434
I have a question: is -300 AD the first evidence of camel riding in general or only in the Sahara?
I find that highly interesting, since i would've expected camels to be domesticated and used for transport waaay earlier-
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I have a question: is -300 AD the first evidence of camel riding in general or only in the Sahara?
I find that highly interesting, since i would've expected camels to be domesticated and used for transport waaay earlier-
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-RetroPG9613
Like the Eurasia trade route of silk for Europe from Asia from the 130BC till the mid-15th century was just the same as the Trans-Saharan trade route was for Europe and Africa to trade with each other. Such relevancy.
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Like the Eurasia trade route of silk for Europe from Asia from the 130BC till the mid-15th century was just the same as the Trans-Saharan trade route was for Europe and Africa to trade with each other. Such relevancy.
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-joeshar5458
Africans might have thought that Europeans were just another merchant race like Arabs.
Soon they would learn, they were not there to trade but to steal.
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Africans might have thought that Europeans were just another merchant race like Arabs.
Soon they would learn, they were not there to trade but to steal.
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-lerneanlion
If the Mali Empire managed to discover the New World before the Europeans, does this mean the Trans-Saharan trade route will get preserved for more use?
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If the Mali Empire managed to discover the New World before the Europeans, does this mean the Trans-Saharan trade route will get preserved for more use?
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knowledgia
The maps are incredibly inacurate as they show europe being bigger than the sahara which is completely false as the sahara is double the size of europe.
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The maps are incredibly inacurate as they show europe being bigger than the sahara which is completely false as the sahara is double the size of europe.
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-chickenwityamz
Understand that these were the cursed descendants of Shem. God condemned them but promised to restore them. We are now living in that time period.
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Understand that these were the cursed descendants of Shem. God condemned them but promised to restore them. We are now living in that time period.
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knowledgia
I'm curious as to why used Asian Bactrian camels to illustrate the video instead of the African Dromedaries that were actually used on the routes.
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I'm curious as to why used Asian Bactrian camels to illustrate the video instead of the African Dromedaries that were actually used on the routes.
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-gaychinee
Now they're making the Saharan trade routes trans? First mr. Potato head then budlight whats next? Is the Siberian railway gunna go trans?
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Now they're making the Saharan trade routes trans? First mr. Potato head then budlight whats next? Is the Siberian railway gunna go trans?
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-brokenbridge6316
This was a nice look into a little-talked about trade route that obviously had big implications in world history.
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This was a nice look into a little-talked about trade route that obviously had big implications in world history.
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-matthewmann8969
Through certain valleys, trails, leads, deserts. paths, and frontiers with caravans and constant onlookers yeah.
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Through certain valleys, trails, leads, deserts. paths, and frontiers with caravans and constant onlookers yeah.
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-John-pk9rw
It-s called Tunisia, not Hafsids. Hafsids are a dynasty, not a country. There was never a country called Hafsids.
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It-s called Tunisia, not Hafsids. Hafsids are a dynasty, not a country. There was never a country called Hafsids.
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-DimitriHellas
Such videos greatly help to show that the world was alot more interconnected in the past than what most thing!
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Such videos greatly help to show that the world was alot more interconnected in the past than what most thing!
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-conorjensen-7637
Great video. Illustrates how religion was often more of a political convenience then a deeply held belief.
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Great video. Illustrates how religion was often more of a political convenience then a deeply held belief.
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-jamesblackshaw132
Europe and Central Africa wanting to trade with each other
Sub-Sahara Africa: am i a joke to you both
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Europe and Central Africa wanting to trade with each other
Sub-Sahara Africa: am i a joke to you both
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-anthonyminimum
1: 19 Atun-Shei Johnny Reb labeled as Democrats: -BLACK NORTH AFRICAN SLAVES! BLACK NORTH AFRICAN SLAVES! -
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1: 19 Atun-Shei Johnny Reb labeled as Democrats: -BLACK NORTH AFRICAN SLAVES! BLACK NORTH AFRICAN SLAVES! -
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