Ancient west Africa invented many things from prehistory to 1500 CE. They invented mining and trading, universities, cowries, mosques, musical instruments, storytelling, domestication of camels, and advancements on camel saddles. During the time of camel saddle development ancient west Africa was increasing trade and going through a power change.

The advancement of the camel saddle by ancient west Africa began around 1200 CE. It was needed to help with movement, travel, and provided more support while riding camels in west Africa. The advancements improved the carrying capacity, control over the camel, safeness, and stability.

The advancements on camel saddles made a good impact on trade in west africa. The advancement made west Africa a lot richer and gave them more power from trade. This also made other civilizations around west Africa richer because it increased trade with them. A downside from this was there was an increased amount of diseases coming in to west Africa. This advancement made a lot of people's lives  easier because they were able to move around quicker and safer on camels.

Camel saddle development also helped merchants to move around easier and with more goods. This helped the civilization because merchants were able to move around with more goods and they were safer. This impacted other civilizations because the merchants were able to get to them a lot quicker. It was also negatively impacting west africa a little bit too because they were making the other civilizations around them stronger too. This helped merchants day to day life because they were able to bring a lot more goods around with them.

The development of camel saddles by ancient west africa had a significant impact on trade and merchants in west Africa. Camel saddle development made movement easier and safer in west Africa. It gave west Africa a lot more power and money.