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Trans-Saharan trade requires travel across the Sahara between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa. While existing from prehistoric times, the peak of trade extended from the 8th century until the early 17th century. ... Cattle were introduced to the Central Sahara (Ahaggar) from 4000 to 3500 BC.
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Option: d. advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad.
Explanation:
In 1853, James Gadsden bought a strip of land from Mexican for $10 million. The Gadsden Purchase was a treaty in which the United States got some land from Mexico present Arizona and New Mexico. The purpose of this land was to build a railroad to California called the southern transcontinental railroad.
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