What role did geography play in the development of African civilizations in the first millennium

It allowed for gold to be shipped from Sub-Saharan African to Italy.

Explanation:

The region in north Africa and italy is only separated by the Mediterranean sea, allowing traders from each region to visit one another and exchange various forms of goods. This contribute greatly to their economic development.

Beside that, the geography also affect the climate that shape african way of living. Since the temperature of these regions tend to be really high, the plants that they can produce for their food were also limited.

The geographical features and its natural resources played a crucial role in the development of African civilization and its societies.

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world with a great variety of natural resources such as Diamond, gold, cobalt, uranium, silver, cocoa beans and recently the discovery of petroleum boost the economy of the African continent.

Trade and Export of these resources to other countries increased the growth of the economy of the African continent and create employment and other facilities for this continent country's people.

All these above mentioned geographical factors played an important role in the development of the Africa civilization in the millennium.