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Use the map of Africa below to answer the following question:

What geographical feature accounts for why camel caravans were an important innovation in trade in West Africa?

Use the map of Africa below to answer the following question: What geographical feature-example-1
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Answer:b)Sahara desert

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It was too hot for horses and all that in the Sahara desert. So they used camels cause they could stand the heat.

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As what the map shows, one of the geographical features of West Africa is the Sahara Desert. Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world. Camel caravans are important innovation in trade in West Africa because camels are the only animals that can withstand the hot temperature of the desert while carrying goods, and without food and water. The fat in the camels' humps gave them the energy to walk the desert even without food and water. The camel caravans made the West - North Africa trade possible, establishing trade routes across the hot desert.
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