Trans-Saharan Trading Networks, ca. 700–1500
Tunis
al-Qayrawan
Fes
HIGH
HIGH ATLAS
ATLAS
MOUNTAINS
MOUNTAINS
Mediterranean Sea
Tripoli
Sijilmasa
Zenata
Ghadamis
to Cairo
Tuat
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Fezzan
Tuareg
Sanhaja
Berbers
Ghat
SS AA H
H A R A
AHAGGAR
MOUNTAINS
Taghaza
TIBESTI MOUNTAINS
Walata
Akjoujt
S
Timbuktu
Senegal
R
Bambuk
Kumbi-Saleh
Ni
ge
r
.
Takrur
Tadmakka
U
R.
D
A
N
Agades
Gao
Songhai
Kanem
Ghana
N
Lake
Chad
Niger
R
Approximate traditional locations
of peoples
.
Trading routes
Kanem
Saharan kingdoms
Note: Map shown with modern borders.
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600 miles
600 km