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Silent Trade and the Complexity of Internal Trade Dynamics in West Africa
The chapter explores the concept of silent trade in West Africa, internal trade dynamics, and the trade of elephant ivory from Africa to Asia. It also delves into the peripheral position of Western Europe in trade networks around the year 1000, focusing on the region's major export of slaves and challenges in identifying archaeological evidence of slavery.