ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND THEIR COMMERCIAL ROLE BETWEEN THE MOROCCO AND WESTERN SUDAN IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Abstract

Economic resources are raw materials and commodities Thus, the study came to identify the most important raw materials and manufactures that were abundant in the region, the most important desert routes linking commercial cities, and the importance of the goods traded in the middle Ages.The results of the study showed the extent of interest of Moroccans in the trade movement. They marketed their industries and benefited from the raw materials abounding in the countries of Sudan. They were a link between African raw materials and foreign trade with the levant and Mediterranean countries.