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Q: Is salt still mined in the Sahara Desert?
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Salt from mines in the Sahara Desert were traded for?

Gold that was mined from the forest near the Nile River


Are there salt lakes in the Sahara desert?

Yes :)


Does the Sahara have fresh water or salt water?

fresh water. the Sahara is a desert, so all its water comes from rain. Rain is freshwater.


What did the africans bring in the Sahara desert?

they brought camels to carry gold and salt, food and water


What was the Sahara Desert used for?

It's a natural land barrier so civilizations/empires such as Mali were able to develop without European interference. Also, caravans used to(and still do) cross the desert to trade salt and other goods.


A salt-mining village deep in the sahara desert?

i am a history teacher in the 7th grade and it iss.... tiv


What were the three great kingdoms that controlled the gold-salt trade across the Sahara desert?

Mali and Songhai


Where was salt discovered?

Thousands of years ago the ancients mined salt ( many of those mines are still working) and it is the salt mines that gave them the salt.


How did the camels change the nature of trade in Africa?

sahara desert


What were two of the most important trade goods carried across the Sahara Desert by camel caravan?

Type your answer here... GOLD AND SALT


What dangers occur when traders came through the trans Saharan trade route in the Sahara desert to trade gold for salt?

The Sahara desert, bandits, the sun, sand storms, the heat, dehydration, your camel dieing, ets.. Come on, you can think of some yourself.


What are two ways of obtaining salt in the Sahara desert?

One way was to dig holes in the ground, pour salt water in it, and evaporating the water, leaving the salt behind. The second way was to mine for them from the salt mine in taghaza