> There is no evidence for trade between Europe and Africa going back thousands of years. I take it you're not familiar with Phoenicia, Carthage, Macedonia, or

> There is no evidence for trade between Europe and Africa going back thousands of years. I take it you're not familiar with Phoenicia, Carthage, Macedonia, or the Roman empire? > Thousands of years ago there was very little, if any, industry to speak of in sub-Saharan Africa. What was being traded? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Saharan_trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Saharan_trade