Gold, salt, ivory, iron.
They traded gold.
Songhai traded gold and salt
trade routes, 1st university
they traded in the 1300 hundreds
Mali's empire helped songhai controll trade routes and it made songhai richer
Because the Portuguese dominated the Saharan trade routes.
The trade routes in the Songhai Empire ran across the Sahara Desert, connecting West Africa with North Africa and the Mediterranean region. These routes were critical for the transport of goods such as salt, gold, ivory, and slaves. The major trade cities in the Songhai Empire included Timbuktu, Gao, and Djenne.
they have given us trade routes
they have given us trade routes
Some goods that were traded in the Songhai kingdom included gold, salt, ivory, slaves, horses, and various commodities such as textiles and grain. The kingdom's strategic location along trans-Saharan trade routes facilitated the exchange of these goods with other regions in Africa and beyond.
In ancient Songhai, the primary currency was gold, particularly in the form of gold dust, which was used for trade and transactions. Additionally, silver and copper were also utilized, along with a variety of traded goods such as salt, textiles, and agricultural products. The wealth of the Songhai Empire was largely derived from its control of the trans-Saharan trade routes, which facilitated the exchange of these valuable commodities.
No. Songhai was defeated by Morocco but the Portuguese played a role in their decline due them shifting the trade routes from over land to by sea.