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The ancient civilisation, trade, and commerce of Eastern Africa - 7 views

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  • s of brass; slaves, horses, mules; carpets, ivory,
  • ory, cheap and very abundant, rhinoceros horns, tortoise-shell, superior to any on the coast, and nauTlius,"--of the nature of which we are ignorant
  • Silver, tin, lead, and vessels of brass; slaves, horses, mules; carpets, ivory, ebony; pearls and silks; wheat, barley, honey, oil, and gums; wine, wool, and iron, were chief amongst the products which were carried to Tyre by sea or to its fairs by
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  • frica would be as their native seas ? Much that the Arabian needed, his "durra," rice, ivory, and more especially his slaves, could only have been obtained from Eastern Africa, and we have every reason to believe that from the earliest ages he formed settlements there, and traded with African tribes for these articles and for gold
  • Ivory, brought in great quantities from the interior, rhinoceros horns, gold, and tortoise-shells from the East African coast.
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A Brief History Of The Ivory Trade In Africa | HowAfrica Latest news, views, gossip, ph... - 0 views

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  • vory has been desired since antiquity because its relative softness made it easy to carve into intricate decorative items for the very wealthy.
  • vory was taken across the Mediterranean to Europe or to Central and East Asia, though the latter regions could easily acquire ivory from southeast Asian elephants.
  • ivory moved inland,
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      Trade moved from West Africa to East Africa due to the high demand of ivory
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  • The need for human porters meant that the growing slave and ivory trades went hand-in-hand, particularly in East and Central Africa
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      The demand for Ivory motivated Europeans to have slaves, particularly to carry the Ivory to its respective ships
  • Once they reached the coast, the traders sold both the slaves and the ivory for hefty profits.
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February 13, 1862 - Correspondence Respecting the Relief of Emin Bay at Uganda - 1 views

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  • his ivory trade was an Egyptian Government monopoly disputed only by slave-hunters. In Emin Bey's province this monopoly is now, and has always been since 1874, continuously asserted. If such a route is opened up it will be of very great value indeed. Ivory is worth nearly l,000i. а -ton in London, and even now (without a railway to Stanley Pool) the cost of carriage from Stanley Pool here is only 40/. a-ton. A railway is pretty sure to he made to Stanley Pool from the sea before long.
  • most valuable ivory trade,
  • send down ivory by this route enough to pay the expenses of his Government; and it is highly probable in that case that a Company can be started here to trade in ivory on its head-waters, and to take over the task of governing and protecting Emin Bey's province, if Egypt consents to delegate her authority to such hands.
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