And another way to look at this is commerce.............spice routes............from West Africa to the Middle East............from Central Africa..........to the Middle East and Europe........................spies, merchants..........people knew what existed deeper in Africa..........or at least heard stories......



[PPT]The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes, Mansa Musa, and Ibn Battuta.

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Jun 4, 2012 - linked trade between Mediterranean countries and West Africa. ... It was used primarily to trade gold, ivory, spices, wheat, animals, and plants. West ... Most strongest point was under the reign of Mansa Musa from 1312-1337.

[PDF]Muslim Trade Routes

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West Africa to South East Asia. Page 2. The early trade routes stretched through the Roman. Empire an