African Trade and Language Unit 4, SSWH 6 c

How did the movement of people and ideas affect early African societies?

SSWH 6 c Describe the trading networks by examining trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt, and slaves; include the Swahili trading cities.

Trade Items 2 most important trade items: gold & salt, 3 rd most important: slaves Gold came from forest, south region of the savanna but no salt Salt is essential to human life, the Sahara contained deposits of salt p

Arab traders would bring weapons, cloth, salt, & manufactured goods for gold African kingdom, Ghana, became a gold trading empire – religion, Islam, began to spread because of trade

Slaves were kidnapped by rival tribes & sold to Arab Muslims traders: went to India & China Agriculture leads to specialization and permanent villages

Swahili Trade of the Bantu people increased the usage of the Swahili language Language mostly used on the eastern coast and with Arab & Persian traders Traded ivory, gold, tortoise shell, ambergris, leopard skins, & rhinoceros horns p.355

Shapely Review Draw a large triangle on your paper. On the triangle…list the 3 most important trade items in African kingdoms, in the center, tell how these 3 are interdependent. Jot your answers – 1 minute prepare to share