Trade routes have been the lifeblood of civilizations for thousands of years, connecting cultures, economies, and people across continents. This video offers a detailed map-based summary of the ...

The Trans-Saharan Trade Route from North Africa to West Africa was actually made up of a number of routes, creating a criss-cross of trading links across the vast expanse of desert. These trade ...

Centuries ago caravans with thousands of camels used to travel along this important trans-Saharan trade route, but new national borders and the advent of the truck have left it defunct.

This Mauritanian city, once a stop along the trans-Saharan trade route, boasts 13 libraries and some 6,000 manuscripts. Their teachings range from Islamic law to poetry to mathematics. Preserving ...

This strongly suggests that trans-Saharan trade began hundreds of years earlier than previously thought. Caravans of thousands of camels laden with packages once crossed the desert, bringing gold ...