https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt en-us 2018-02-23 18:30:07 UTC 2026-01-04 10:32:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png 27720 https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/234846694 West Africans were very educated some of them made money through those trades others made money by making and selling items. Another way the west Africans made money was through trade.

For example one thing they traded was salt for gold]]> 2018-02-23 18:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/234846694 27720 https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/234924787 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUZxZiNIWqc  In this video people trade salt for gold because back then in west Africa salt was just as valuable as gold.]]> 2018-02-23 22:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/234924787 27720 https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/235085399 Before the Europeans arrived the west Africans had many different empires and government with there own languages and cultures.]]> 2018-02-25 13:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/235085399 27720 https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/235086225 The first people they traded with , the Europeans kidnapped the west Africans and bought them for sale in Europe. Then farmers wanted more crops and more slaves so they traded more for more slaves and that became known as the slave trade. ]]> 2018-02-25 13:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/235086225 27720 https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/235087822 2018-02-25 13:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/235087822 27720 https://padlet.com/27720/hb86ffuzvowt/wish/235088406

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