Iron, I bet, was a really big advancement to the Africans. Especially with trading, iron must have been a huge help to the Africans  We use iron today a lot. Like for building tall structures. Iron is really strong, but can be melted too. In many places of the world, iron was useful. It still is today, but iron was rarely found, so this was a big advancement to many other civilizations too!
      With Africa being in the place that it is... getting iron must have been tricky. Luckily, Africans went with caravans and would meet up with others halfway into the desert. So many people needed iron and other useful trading items Africa "carried" that either little villages or towns were settled. Many people would trade in these towns, probably because of shelter. Africa really helped us out by making iron!



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