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  2. Trade beads - Wikipedia

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    The beads and other trade items were exchanged for human cargo as well as ivory, gold, and other goods desired in Europe and around the world. The beads traded were not of a set design, but were produced according to demand. [2] Millefiori (thousand flower) beads from Venice, Italy were one of the most commonly traded beads

  3. Glass in sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia

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    During the Medieval Period, trade of a particular style of glass bead, the Trade Wind bead, dominated the market. These beads ranged in color and length but could be mass-produced. [4] Termed “Trade Wind beads” due to the use of monsoon winds for navigation, these beads were shipped throughout the Indian Ocean Trading Complex, especially to ...

  4. Aggry beads - Wikipedia

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    Beads were used for exchange and as a means of payment during trade in Africa. Europeans first collected aggry beads from the West Coast of Africa in the fifteenth century. [1] These beads have been found in the residences and sites of enslaved Africans and African Americans in the United States south.

  5. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    Southern Africa: Beadwork by the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Basotho has been documented. Historically garments were decorated from natural materials such as ostrich shells. It was only in the 1930s that the Portuguese introduced glass beads through trade and eventually the glass beads purchased from Indian merchants or Christian missionaries.

  6. What are the BRIC nations? Why did Donald Trump ... - AOL

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    In a post Saturday afternoon on Truth Social, Trump called out the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab ...

  7. Trans-Saharan trade - Wikipedia

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    Saharan trade routes circa 1400, with the modern territory of Niger highlighted. Unlike Ghana, Mali was a Muslim kingdom since its foundation, and under it, the gold–salt trade continued. Other, less important trade goods were slaves, kola nuts from the south and slave beads and cowry shells from the north (for use

  8. How to Shop Etsy for Design Finds Like a VERANDA Editor - AOL

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    Scrolling through this shop's finds turns up items like fun dotted cocktail set, and is almost as good as wandering through a village's Saturday flea market. $104.97 at etsy.com For Hand-Woven ...

  9. Mapungubwe Collection - Wikipedia

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    The collection includes ceramics, metals, trade glass beads, indigenous beads, clay figurines, and artifacts made from bone and ivory, alongside a research collection of potsherds, faunal remains, and other fragmentary materials. In June 2000, the University of Gauteng inaugurated the permanent museum.