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The gold from the regions around the Niger River was particularly prized in the Mediterranean and beyond, making West Africa a crucial player in the global economy of the time. Timbuktu, Gao, and Djenne, key trading centres along these routes, flourished as hubs of commerce, culture, and learning, attracting scholars and traders from various ...
In 1970, South Africa produced 995 tonnes or 32 million ounces of gold, two-thirds of the world's production of 47.5 million ounces. [2] Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production. [3]
A map of indigenously made pre-colonial African currencies and their respective minting states. In pre-colonial times, many objects were sometimes used as currency in Africa. These included shells, [ 1 ] ingots, gold (gold dust and gold coins (the Asante )), arrowheads, iron, salt, cattle, goats, blankets, axes, beads, and many others.
A History of the Upper Guinea Coast, 1545–1800 (Clarendon Press, 1970). Rodney, Walter. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. (Washington: Howard UP, 1982, ISBN 0-88258-096-5) Thornton, John K. Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998
Gold also played a significant role in ancient Egyptian society. It was extensively mined and worked into jewellery, funerary items, and religious objects. The wealth generated from gold mining contributed to the economic and political power of the pharaohs, and gold artefacts have been found in tombs dating back to the early dynastic periods. [7]
This is a timeline of Belgian history, including important legal and territorial changes and political events in Belgium and its predecessor states.
The years between 1100 and 1600 were known as the "golden age" of trade, when West African gold was in high demand. [1] This led to an increase in the need and use for trade routes. [ 1 ] From 1300 the Trans-Saharan trade routes were used for trade, travel, and scholarship.
1896 map of the Transvaal Gold Fields. The Transvaal gold fields resulted from gold discoveries during the 19th century in the South African Republic. After insignificant discoveries from 1840 up to 1870, payable or substantial gold deposits were found at: Leydsdorp in 1870 and 1883; Geelhoutboom farm, or Mac-Mac diggings, in 1873; Pilgrim's ...