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What factors undermined the Trans - Saharan trade?

What factors undermined the Trans - Saharan trade?

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samuel
i) Lack of a common language made it difficult for the traders to communicate

ii) The journey through the desert was sometimes hazardous due to frequent sand storms

iii) Sometimes traders lost their way through the desert

iv) Traders were attacked by desert robbers and would lose most of their belongings

v) Exhaustion of trade goods eg salt

vi) The journey across the desert was tedious and slow
It sometimes took the traders as many as three months to cross

vii) Political instability led to insecurity to traders

viii) Uncomfortable weather - too hot during the day too cold at night

ix) Attacks by wild animals and insects eg scorpions, snakes
lemass answered the question on April 11, 2019 at 08:12

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