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Yes, they did trade there gold for salt.
They controlled the trade of salt, gold, and ivory across the Sahara.
Ghana had gold, but no salt. The Sahara had no gold, but lots of salt. They figured it was a good idea to trade.
Gold and salt
They traded mostly gold and salt
The gold-salt trade was when people north of the Sahara trade salt for gold with the people south of the Sahara. Ghana just happened to be in the middle and charged gold for passing through and became very rich!
Ghana had considerable amounts of gold which the people there would trade with the Malinese for salt(which they needed to survive) from the Sahara desert
the answer is Ghana because Ghana owned gold and salt mines.
The wealth of Mali, a kingdom in West Africa, was the gold and salt trade.
Mail traded Gold and Salt with neighboring countries.
with gold ivory and salt for gold
They traded gold, salt. They had a lot of gold mines and salt mines.