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Ivory trade in Ghana, 1690. Elephant ivory has been exported from Africa and Asia for millennia with records going back to the 14th century BCE.Transport of the heavy commodity was always difficult, and with the establishment of the early-modern slave trades from East and West Africa, freshly captured slaves were used to carry the heavy tusks to the ports where both the tusks and their ...
With the newly established ivory trade in sub-Saharan Africa, African ivory began appearing in medieval Europe. This is in larger part to the Muslim presence and trade in central Africa. Portugal, enamored by the prospect of African ivory began searching for alternate sources that did not involve trading with the Muslims. [2] As a result ...
At first, trade included gold, ivory, and pepper but the establishment of American colonies in the 16th century spurred demand for slaves. [6] This led to the kidnapping and enslaving of people from the West African coastal regions for transportation to North and South America (see African slave trade). [6]
In East Africa, the Indian Ocean trade network was pivotal in linking the African coast with the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia. Coastal cities like Kilwa , Mombasa , and Zanzibar emerged as key points of exchange, thriving on the trade of gold, ivory, and slaves.
African maritime trade involved a wide range of goods that were highly valued in international markets. From the East African coast, gold, ivory, and slaves were prominent exports. In return, African traders received textiles, ceramics, spices, and other luxury goods from Arabia, India, and beyond.
Founded c. 800 BCE, Carthage became one terminus for West African gold, ivory, and slaves. West Africa received salt, cloth, beads, and metal goods. Shillington proceeds to identify this trade route as the source for West African iron smelting. [17] Trade continued into Roman times.
The men allegedly sent elephant tusks and rhinoceros horn to the U.S. disguised as wood, and had plans for a larger deal.
As trade with Africa expanded during the first part of the 1800s, ivory became readily available. Up to 90 percent of the ivory imported into the United States was processed, at one time, in Connecticut where Deep River and Ivoryton in 1860s became the centers of ivory milling, in particular, due to the demand for ivory piano keys.