If you think to density gold is more dense.
Gold
Gold and silver are more money than salt because gold and silver are considered precious metals. The United States economy is based on the price of gold, not on salt. Salt is a commodity, not a precious metal.
in ancient Ghana salt was more valuable. gold was everywhere whereas salt was rare. also salt was more valuable because salt helps you retain water which ment they could travel longer without water, increasing trade across the Sahara desert. also salt helped preserve food, making it worth more than gold
Salt was more important than gold to the West Africans.
Sugar, water, and salt. These are made of two or more kinds of atoms, but gold is an element itself.
Actually, it was gold they traded for salt. The africans (believe it or not) valued salt more than gold. It could be used for flavoring and preserving foods.
Salt is matter.
Salt was much more important than gold Because they used it more for there illnesses they would put it on there food to help there illness.
Salt hasn't gold.
Yes, they did trade there gold for salt.
what is difference in a gold ring and rock salt
Gold and salt. First, the gold worth very much as you know. The salt is valuable as the gold because foods contain salt and it's preserving the food. Salt was rare at the ancient Ghana so they could use it as the trade item. I heard this from my social studies teacher, Mr. MacGr**o*