# Season 5 Episode 3: Trans-Saharan Trade in the Garamantes Civilization

An episode of [History of Africa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531791088), 22 Apr 2024, 21 min.

Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/aatb374yj47stcgf/s5e3.mp3

Horses, carbuncles, gold, salt, and more. What do all these things have in common? They were first traded across the Sahara by the Garamantes. Today's episode discusses the earliest rise of Garamantian trans-Saharan trade, the first documented example of trade across the vast desert.

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