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The Arabs traded salt for West African gold at equal weight. (Salt was incredibly rare in West Africa.)
it was needed in north africa because north africa had none and it wanted some
They began the use of camels for riding and carrying goods. This increased trade frequency.They brought their religion, Islam, to West Africa, as well as salt. Salt was something virtually unavailable in Western Africa, but because of its necessity, the West Africans traded it for gold, which they had a lot of.
Arabian traders crossed the Sahara Desert to reach the Songhai Empire. They established trade routes linking North Africa to West Africa, exchanging goods such as salt, gold, and slaves. These trade networks contributed to the economic and cultural exchange between the two regions.
No, slavery existed in Africa before Portuguese traders arrived. However, the transatlantic slave trade expanded the scale and brutality of slavery in Africa.
An Ivory Salt Cellar is what the People of Benin in Ancient Africa used to store their salt. When the Portuguese traders first travelled to western Africa on an exploratory expidition in the late 15th century, they began to trade with the people of benin. When they traded commodities for salt, the Benin people gave them Ivory salt cellars as souvenirs with carvings of Europeans on the top of them.
An Ivory Salt Cellar is what the People of Benin in Ancient Africa used to store their salt. When the Portuguese traders first travelled to western Africa on an exploratory expidition in the late 15th century, they began to trade with the people of benin. When they traded commodities for salt, the Benin people gave them Ivory salt cellars as souvenirs with carvings of Europeans on the top of them.
Salt
European slave traders captured slaves in Africa during the transatlantic slave trade.
A lot of them bought trade items to be taken to Africa, to be used in trade for slaves.
Traders would bring salt to Ghana and other things of intrest, mostley salt was traded for gold during the period of trade,
Gold and salt!!