Today, in history, we learned about ancient West African civilizations and what they discovered or how life was for them. About 5000 years ago, climate in West Africa was damp, not dry as it is now. When the weather began to get hotter and dryer, people had to move out of places they could no longer survive so villages and communities formed. Both men and women had to work hard to survive in West Africa, but they didn't have modern tools like the ones we use today, so the work was even more exhausting. The had to farm with sticks for a long time, all the way until they discovered that they could melt certain kinds of rock to make iron. Then they can melt it again to shape it into weapons, farm tools and other items nesscesary to live. Since their salt and gold mines were giving more produce than needed, and they have camels instead of horses to carry them across the desert, they began to trade with people thousands of miles away. They traded all the way across the Sahara and into parts of Europe.
Africa became very wealthy after they discovered trade with other villages, but still the men and women of Africa had to work hard to make enough produce to trade and live on. Though they used to make an abundant amount of produce to live on, they now had to make overa quarter more than they used to have to. I haven't got so far into the chapter to discover how they solve these problems, but I'll tell you as soon as I do.
Happy Halloween!
Africa became very wealthy after they discovered trade with other villages, but still the men and women of Africa had to work hard to make enough produce to trade and live on. Though they used to make an abundant amount of produce to live on, they now had to make overa quarter more than they used to have to. I haven't got so far into the chapter to discover how they solve these problems, but I'll tell you as soon as I do.
Happy Halloween!
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