c. 10th centuryEvent
Copper exported south from Islamic North Africa
Arab writers from the tenth century CE onward record a southward export of copper from Islamic North Africa.
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c. 10th century
Copper exported south from Islamic North Africa
Arab writers from the tenth century CE onward record a southward export of copper from Islamic North Africa.
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Arab writers from the tenth century CE onward record a southward export of copper from Islamic North Africa. Such imported copper and casting alloys supplied the raw material for the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes, since copper does not occur in workable quantity in the region.