What did post-Classical Africa trade?

and included ivory, gold, and slaves from Africa traded to the Islamic empires of the Middle East to be used as soldiers, servants and laborers. Spices, silk, and other Asian goods were traded back to Africa and the Middle East in exchange for their goods.

How did trade change in the post-classical era?

Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade, and expanded the geographical range of existing and newly active trade networks.

What were the major trade networks in the post-classical period?

Improved commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes—including the Silk Roads, trans-Saharan trade network, and Indian Ocean—promoting the growth of powerful new trading cities.

What was the name of the post-classical East African trading Coast?

The Swahili Coast
The Swahili Coast on the shores of East Africa was a region where Africans and Arabs mixed to create a unique identity from the 8th century called Swahili Culture. Swahili is the name of their language and means ‘people of the coast.

Why was Africa important in the post classical period?

Africa also became a vital part of the world trade system that developed in the post-classical period. Trans-Saharan trade involved the trading of salt and gold. Trade kingdoms in Africa were located just south of the Sahara, near salt mines and along the Swahili coast (eastern coast) of Africa.

How did trade change during the post classical period?

This was at about the same time that the Europeans started to explore. During the post-classical period trade expanded. The Silk Routes that had been a feature of trade in the classical period were still used to carry goods from China into the Muslim heartlands of the Middle East. Along these routes ideas, technologies, and disease also spread.

Where did the post classical era come from?

But, the major players in the Post-Classical era come from totally backwards places. One sprouts out of a cave in the Arabian desert. The other comes from the base of a mountain on the steppes in Central Asia. I call this era, Muslims & Mongols.

Are there any trading cities in East Africa?

The flourishing East African commercial city-states of the medieval period were a product of Bantu contact with Arab and Persian traders. North of Bantu-speaking East Africa, Aksum (modern Eritrea) had been connected—commercially and even, for several centuries, politically—with several thriving principalities on the pre-Muslim Arabian peninsula.