Please let me know the meaning of the phrase “caravan cities”?
Thanks!
What is the context?
It is in the following sentence:
‘The agents of the wealthy Ka-rim families could be found in major ports throughout the Indian Ocean trading area, as well as the caravan cities of sub-Saharan Africa and the East African ports.’
A caravan city is probably similar to a trailer park.[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, photographs: A shipyard[YSaerTTEW443543]
I think it’s more likely a city that was founded on the trade of caravans, in the traditional sense of groups of travelling traders. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravan_(travellers