Economy & TradeThe 12th century

Economy & Trade in the 12th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged economy and trade — trade, currency, industry and resources, narrowed to the 12th century — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, all of it in 1100. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1100
Latest
1100

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Ivory Coast

    The savannas join the trans-Saharan trade

    As the Ghana and Mali empires expanded southward, the northern peoples of the region — Senufo and Mandé — were drawn into trans-Saharan commerce, exchanging forest kola nuts for salt, cloth, and gold.

    Era: The northern savannas, the Dyula, and the Empire of Kong

    Sources: History of Côte d'Ivoire · Encyclopædia Britannica, History of Ivory Coast · Wikipedia, Background Notes: Cote d'Ivoire · U.S. Department of State

  2. Africa

    Mozambique

    Coastal trading towns flourish

    Settlements at Sofala, Angoche, the Island of Mozambique, the Querimba Islands and the Zambezi mouth grow into nodes of the Swahili Indian Ocean trade.

    Era: The Swahili Coast and the Gold of Sofala

    Sources: Mozambique · Encyclopaedia Britannica, A history of the medieval coastal towns of Mozambique (c. 500–1890 CE) · African History Extra