History Lesson Notes JSS3 (Basic 9) First Term

2. Commodities traded during Trans-Saharan Trade:

·         Gold

·         Salt

·         Horse

·         Slaves

·         Ostrich feathers

·         Spices, etc.

3. Trade routes during Trans-Saharan Trade:

·         Borno-Tripoli route

·         Kanem Borno –  Sudan route.

·         Kano- Fezzan route.

4. 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.

2. Early Europeans that came to Nigeria:

·         European Explorers  (e.g Mungopark, H. Clapperton, Richard and John Lander (i.e. the Lander Brothers, etc.)

3. Nature of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade:

·         Organisation

·         Impact

·         Abolition of Trans-Atlantic Slave trade.

4. The Legitimate Trade (i.e the trade of Palm Oil).