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trans-Saharan trade
Trans-Saharan trade refers to the historical commercial networks that connected sub-Saharan Africa with North Africa and the Mediterranean world across the Sahara Desert, primarily between the 8th and 16th centuries. These routes facilitated the exchange of gold, salt, slaves, ivory, and other goods, alongside the spread of Islam and cultural practices.
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In the Psycheverse
Psyche examines trans-Saharan trade as a case study in how moral frameworks shift across time and culture—using historical slave trade and resource exploitation to question whether ethical standards are universal or constructed by power dynamics and circumstance. The topic anchors discussions about how modern judgments of "civilization" and "barbarism" reflect present-day bias rather than historical reality.
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philosophyPhilosophy encompasses systematic inquiry into fundamental questions about reality, knowledge, ethics, identity, and human nature through reason and contemplation.historyHistory is the study of past events, cultures, societies, and figures that have shaped human civilization and understanding.ethicsEthics is the study of what is right and wrong, examining moral principles, their origins, and their application across contexts and cultures.moralityMorality is the system of principles and judgments concerning the distinction between right and wrong, good and bad conduct—either understood as universal truths or culturally constructed frameworks.slaverySlavery is the institution of forced labor and ownership of human beings, historically widespread across civilizations and central to systems of racial oppression, particularly in the transatlantic slave trade and its American legacy.
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