@nigeriarising: Before colonialism, Kano was a GLOBAL commercial hub. 🇳🇬 THE HAUSA STATES — West Africa's commercial powerhouses. 📅 Founded: 9th–10th century CE 🏙️ The 7 Hausa Bakwai: Daura, Biram, Katsina, Zaria, Kano, Rano, Gobir What they built: 🐪 Trans-Saharan trade connections — Kano to Tripoli, Cairo, Arabia, Timbuktu 🕌 Converted to Islam from 1370 CE (Kano first, under Sarki Yaji) 🏛️ Full bureaucratic government — Sarki (king) with administrative system 📦 Traded: leather, cloth, salt, iron, kola nuts, gold — everything When Mali and Songhay declined in the 15th–16th centuries, the trade routes SHIFTED to the Hausa states. Kano, Katsina, and Zaria became the commercial capitals of the entire West African interior. This was not a regional market. This was a node in the GLOBAL medieval economy. And colonialism arrived and called it 'underdeveloped.' Follow @NigeriaRising — next: the trans-Saharan trade networks 👇 #nigeriarising #nigeriahistory #arewa #kano #historytok

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2026-06-04 20:57:01

Shaaban MBA :

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2026-06-06 19:26:46

ibn Maleek :

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2026-06-06 19:50:40

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2026-06-05 19:48:02

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2026-06-06 05:38:56

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2026-05-28 00:39:13

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2026-05-27 21:06:15

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2026-06-07 10:30:05

Nigeria Rising :

Before colonialism, Kano was one of the important commercial cities on earth. The Hausa states sat at the crossroads of the trans-Saharan trade routes connecting West Africa to North Africa, Egypt, and Arabia - for over 1,000 years. In 1370, Kano converted to Islam and became even more powerful commercially. When the western empire of Mali and Songhay declined, the trade routes shifted east - to the Hausa states. Kano, Katsina, and Zaria became the commercial capitals of the entire West African interior. Are you Hausa? Where is your family from? Follow - trans-Saharan trade network story is next.

2026-05-28 00:31:38

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