The Saharan trade extended from the Saharan West African kingdoms across the Sahara desert to Europe. The Saharan Trade linked such African empires as Ghana, Mali, and Songhay to the European world.
Yes, they did trade there gold for salt.
each village had its own special language. Arabic was also used for trade.
Mail traded Gold and Salt with neighboring countries.
Mali traded salt to many countries in the south. The gold trade, even more important was mainly to Egypt and other countries on the Mediterranean.
In mali
Timbuktu, Mali, and Mali
ancient mali was organized because they had armies
Trade led to cities being developed close to trade routes, as well as a generation of prosperous kingdoms. They gained gold in return for salt, and discovered new languages and customs from other countries.
Ancient Mali reached its height around the begining of the 14th century.
Ghana and Mali were based on trade in gold and salt. Ghana taxed merchants passing through to become wealthy and dominated the gold trade. Mali did the same, as did Songhai.
The ancient kingdoms of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai grew very rich from the salt and gold trade before European Colonization.