How did the geography of africa affect the value of trade goods?

For a long time countries of distant lands had trouble trading. As time went on Africa became the leading trading country because of the rare good ivory sold off of elephants and salt made in the Egyptian areas. Lack of knowledge of the Africans probably affected the value. Africans didn't really go to School and new very little of business and its tricky ways.

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