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as being ten kilometers north and south of the river as far inland as
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made the Gambia an important part of the wider West
African trade network, where salt, shellfish, iron, cloth, ivory, beeswax, gold, slaves, leather and more were exchanged as far as the Niger River and beyond.
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in 1651. After taking control of the island and renaming it 'St James' in 1661, the
English vied with the French for commercial domination of the river for the next century and a half.
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The river is strongly associated with The Gambia, the smallest country in mainland Africa, which occupies the downstream half of the river and its two banks.
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