The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade
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Objective
I can analyze the causes and consequences of the trans-Saharan slave trade in West Africa.
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Warm-up video
Native Historian · 10:02
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
Unlike the transatlantic slave trade, the trans-saharan slave trade involved the enslavement of over 20 million Africans across the Sahara to places like Egypt and Syria.
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The trans-saharan slave trade is the oldest type of slave trade documented in Africa, dating back to 1000 BCE.
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Mansa Musa, the ruler of the Mali Empire, was known as the richest man who ever lived and traveled to Mecca with 60,000 men and 12,000 slaves.
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Practice
7 questions
What were the two major forms of slave trade in Africa, according to the video?
Describe the role of Arab merchants in the trans-Saharan trade.
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Exit ticket
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“Describe one cause of the trans-Saharan slave trade and one consequence of the trans-Saharan slave trade in West Africa.”
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