-
700 BCE
SALT FOR Gold
Because the Akan lived in the forests of West Africa, they had few natural resources for salt and always needed to trade for it. ... Camel caravans from North Africa carried bars of salt as well as cloth, tobacco, and metal tools across the Sahara to trading centers like Djenne and Timbuktu on the Niger River. -
700 BCE
MALI VS GHANA
-
1292
Marco Polo reaches China
-
1400
Cortes Meets Aztecs
-
1418
School of Exploration
-
1487
Bartholomew Dias finds Africa
On October 10th, 1487 King John II of Portugal assigned Bartholomew Dias to sail to the southern tip of Africa in hopes of finding a trade route that would lead them to India.
