Sahara Desert Caravan

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
American Great Plains Caravan farming grazing Louisiana Purchase Louisiana migration North Africa Sahara Desert Topography West Africa Westward Expansion wnsocialstudies social studies geography
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Sahara Desert Caravan

The difficult topography of the Sahara desert functioned much like an ocean. The desert caravans that brought gold from the powerful West African empires to the rest of world were like great ocean-going ships that crossed the great ocean of sand.
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PBS Learning Media

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