trans-Saharan slave trade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/trans-Saharan_slave_trade

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:abolished	gptkb:Ottoman_Empire European colonial powers
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Arab_slave_trade
gptkbp:area	gptkb:Middle_East gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:declinedAfter	late 19th century
gptkbp:enslavedUsedFor	gptkb:military eunuchs agricultural labor concubinage domestic service
gptkbp:gender	more women than men enslaved
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	trans-Saharan slave trade
gptkbp:impact	cultural exchange population displacement spread of Islam demographic changes in Africa
gptkbp:involvedIn	Arab traders Berber traders African ethnic groups
gptkbp:notableCity	gptkb:Cairo gptkb:Fez gptkb:Tripoli gptkb:Marrakesh gptkb:Agadez gptkb:Gao Timbuktu
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Ottoman_Empire gptkb:Kanem-Bornu_Empire gptkb:Moroccan_Sultanate Mali Empire Songhai Empire
gptkbp:period	7th century to 20th century
gptkbp:product	gptkb:gold gptkb:salt ivory textiles enslaved Africans horses weapons
gptkbp:region	gptkb:North_Africa gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	Islamic law on slavery
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Indian_Ocean_slave_trade gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade
gptkbp:route	gptkb:Sahara_Desert
gptkbp:scholar	John Ralph Willis Paul E. Lovejoy
gptkbp:victim	millions of Africans
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Slave_Route_Project
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6