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Upper Guinea: The northern region of West Africa, or Upper Guinea, was heavily influenced by the Islamic culture of the Mediterranean. As early as the eleventh century C.E., many of the region’s inhabitants had become Muslims. Trade via camel caravans between Upper Guinea and the Muslim Mediterranean was sub-Saharan Africa’s major connection to Europe and West Asia. In return for salt, dates, silk, and cotton cloth Africans exchanged ivory, gold, and slaves with northern merchants…
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