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Swahili
In Medieval times the Swahili people mostly traded with the Arabians, the Persians (I think) and also the Chinese for sure. Actually, that is where they adopted a lot of their culture from, which is why archaeologists originally thought the Swahili people were Arabians. That is also what made the Swahili people so wealthy.
India was once part of the British Empire, and before that traded extensively with British merchants. Since they met many more Britons than Americans, that is the variety they learnt.
They began the use of camels for riding and carrying goods. This increased trade frequency.They brought their religion, Islam, to West Africa, as well as salt. Salt was something virtually unavailable in Western Africa, but because of its necessity, the West Africans traded it for gold, which they had a lot of.
Turquoise was used by the ancient Persians. The word turquoise was derived around the 16th century from the French language either from the French word for Turkish(Turquois) or dark-blue stone (pierre turquin).[4] This may have arisen from a misconception. Turquoise does not occur in Turkey but was traded at Turkish bazaars to Venetian merchants who brought it to Europe. See wikipedia
Swahili
They traded goods.
Luxury good were traded by Chinese merchants for Spices, Teas, and Porcelain goods.
Traded.
Merchants traded Gossypium.
The merchants traded silk on the silk road
The north Africans traded salt, gold, animals and slaves
the spanish and the africans traded thingsthey made the africans into slavesthe spanish took over the africans home
The merchants were the Mayan people that traded goods for things they might want.
Sumerian merchants are people (in or from Sumer (soo-mur) that sell, buy, and trade goods. They traded good to get what they needed.
Gold and slaves. portuguese created a fort , the main fort was El mina, which directed them into the gold producing regions of the interior. so that they could trade with the merchants. portuguese even traded slaves to africans for gold.
gold