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Salt has never been used as money. However, salt was used to exchange for goods during the times of barter trade.
Gold and salt
Mail traded Gold and Salt with neighboring countries.
The Niger and Senegal rivers were gold bearing rivers. Also, Ghana was right in between the Saharan salt mines and the gold fields of Wangara.
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.
Two advantages in the silent barter system was that , it did not expose the location of gold mines and , it was a more peaceful way of trading.
Two advantages in the silent barter system was that , it did not expose the location of gold mines and , it was a more peaceful way of trading.
Our class reenacted a silent barter scene.
In the old west people used to barter items they had for items they needed.
Silent trade is a way to trade without talking to the other group. It was used for groups who did not share a common language. Go to wikipedia.org and type in silent trade for more information.
Silent Barter is a process in which people exchange goods without ever contacting each other directly. This method was used to make sure traders did business peacefully.
The barter trade on the Gold Coast, 1725–45, % of value of total barter transactions (actual distribution and expected distribution in parenthesis).
you get the gold pan from the barter store
The traders of Ghana did not speak the language of many of the new traders who crossed the Sahara. So, instead of speaking they do this procedure. It also kept the exact location of the gold mines secret from the salt traders. Pretty good system don't you think? lol
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Silent barter is a type of trading the does not require verbal communication. It is very useful when the trading partners do not understand each others' language. It is also known as silent trade, dumb barter, and depot trade.
I believe that, a disadvantage of silent barter, would be that they are not able to negotiate with eachother. They would simply leave what they offer and if they don't agree they leave. But fi they would speak and reach an understanding they may be able to come up with an other option.