How did the geography of africa shape trade between africans and europeans?

a. europeans preferred to cross the sahara desert in order to trade.
b. europeans felt ill-equipped to travel into the interior of africa.
c. ocean routes seemed too long of a voyage to make in order to trade.
d. europeans transitioned to using camels instead of horses in order to voyage across the terrain of africa.

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