There are several states that flourished as a result of trade between the Sahel across the Sarah with north African crab traders and the Levant world. these city states included Timbuktu that had the earliest form of university in the world , GAO,<span>Djene. The city states often levied trade and were located along the trade routes.</span>
Answer:
During this period the Europeans began to explore and trade in Africa and Asia because they wanted to improve the economy of their country and were concerned about amassing wealth. Trading would fetch them profits and make them wealthy which was why they decided to do it.
They also felt the need to propagate the religion of Christianity to the regions mentioned as they were strangers to it at that point in time
