Description
This lesson note covers the following topics for JSS3 First Term History:
- Origin and nature of Trans-Saharan Trade.
- Commodities traded during Trans-Saharan Trade:
- Gold
- Salt
- Horse
- Slaves
- Ostrich feathers
- Spices, etc.
- Trade routes during Trans-Saharan Trade:
- Borno-Tripoli route
- Kanem Borno – Sudan route.
- Kano- Fezzan route.
- Effects of Trans-Saharan Trade:
- Introduction of international trade.
- Introduction of the use of camels as a means of transportation.
- Introduction of slave trade across the Saharan.
- Introduction of Islam and Arabic language.
Encouraged interaction between North Africa and West Africa, etc.
Week 5 – 7: Origin and Organisation of Trans-Saharan Trade.
- Nature of early European contacts with Nigeria.
- Early Europeans that came to Nigeria:
- European Explorers (e.g Mungopark, H. Clapperton, Richard and John Lander (i.e. the Lander Brothers, etc.)
- Nature of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade:
- Organisation
- Impact
- Abolition of Trans-Atlantic Slave trade.
- The Legitimate Trade (i.e the trade of Palm Oil).
Week 8 – 10: Revision
Week 11 – 12: Examination
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