Trans Saharan trade increased in sub Saharan Africa.
Explanation:
The major commodities that were purchased and sold commercially were the Mediterranean horses, weapons and textiles. Gold, slaves and bison’s meet products were also merchandised along with salt which was mined. Morocco and Libya are some of the countries in the Saharan trade.
Culture and religion was also got mutually influenced in Trans Saharan route. There was Muslim domination in the Saharan border which made the native Africans get converted to Islam.
Its power came, above all, from trade. empire's total area included nearly all the land between the Sahara Desert and the coastal forests. The 1599 battle of Djenné marked the effective end of the great Mali Empire and set the stage for a plethora of smaller West African states to emerge.
Southerners opposed Clay's American Systems because the south already had rivers to transport goods and they did not want to pay for roads and canals that brought them no benefit. Since Southerners had to pay tariff, they wanted to make sure that when the tariff was used, they profit from it as well.