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The Trans‑Saharan trade was a medieval network of camel‑caravan routes linking West African polities to North Africa and the Mediterranean; it moved gold, salt, ivory, kola, and enslaved people, powered empires like Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, and was periodically disrupted by political violence, environmental change, and the rise of maritime alternatives JSTOR.
An Overview
The Trans‑Saharan system connected Sahelian and forest zones of West Africa with Maghreb and Mediterranean markets via long camel caravans. […]
