Describe Africa’s role in the global economy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.(1 point)

Responses

Africa sold gold, ivory, and enslaved people while under the control of Portugal.
Africa sold gold, ivory, and enslaved people while under the control of Portugal.

Africans sold enslaved people to the Middle East to do hard labor.
Africans sold enslaved people to the Middle East to do hard labor.

Africans sold pottery, silks, glassware, and porcelain to Asia and the Middle East.
Africans sold pottery, silks, glassware, and porcelain to Asia and the Middle East.

Africans in the Kingdom of Kongo primarily profited off of the slave trade with Asia.

1 answer

Africa sold gold, ivory, and enslaved people while under the control of Portugal.