Trans-Saharan trade: Caravan routes across the Sahara exchanging gold, salt, and enslaved people.
How to apply it: Use trans-Saharan trade to explain the wealth of West African empires and the spread of Islam.
Course: AP World History · Unit: Networks of Exchange
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