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To preserve food and for flavoring. They use salt for their diets to survive also to preserve foods, and make bland foods tasty
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Who did the Songhai trade with and what did they trade?
Sahara and valuable salt and gold mines of central Africa
What was the most valuable item of African trade?
salt, or gold 8)
What were the most valuable trade items in west Africa?
salt or gold
What main trade product traveled into Africa?
Salt
How was salt made?
Salt is a natural product extracted from mines or sea waters.
What valuable goods were exchanged on the Trans-Saharan trade routes?
The Trans-Saharan trade routes facilitated the exchange of valuable goods such as gold, salt, ivory, and slaves between North Africa and West Africa.
Why do Africans trade the salt?
Salt at one time in history was very valuable. It was so precious that they had salt cellars with tiny spoons to make sure no one took too much. Only the high table in the Middle Ages had salt, so anyone who had salt to trade had an valued item.
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading salt and?
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading slaves, salt and gold.
Why is gold valuable in ancient Ghana?
gold is valuable because it worth lot and it was the mineral to trade with southern and northern Africa. the Salt was also valuable in Ghana because it's rare in most countries in ancient time.
What did the Berbers bring as a trade item that the West Africans thought was as valuable as gold?
gold, pearls, ivory
What can be made from the reaction of an acid with a metal?
When an acid reacts with a metal, we get a salt and hydrogen.
What was more valuable to Ghana salt or gold and Why?
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*
