Ancient trade spanned the northeastern corner of the Sahara in the Naqadan era. Predynastic Egyptians in the
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Herodotus wrote of the Garamantes hunting Ethiopian Troglodytes from chariots; this account was associated with depictions of horses drawing chariots in contemporary cave art in southern Morocco and the Fezzan, … See more

Several trade routes became established, perhaps the most important terminating in Sijilmasa (Morocco) and Ifriqiya to the north. There, and in other North African cities, Berber traders had increased contact with Islam, enco… See more

The Portuguese forays along the West African coast opened up new avenues for trade between Europe and West Africa. By the early 16th century, European trading bases, the factories established on the coast since 1445… See more

The African Union and African Development Bank support the Trans-Sahara Highway from Algiers to Lagos via Tamanrasset, to stimulate economic development, and the latter noted an increase in traffic at the border wit… See more

• Trans-Sahara Highway
• Neolithic Subpluvial
• Trans-Saharan slave trade See more