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The Portugese were the first people to arive at th shores of Ghana they began to trade with the people in Ghana trading guns for gold etc
They controlled the trade in Ghana to retain their power
The gold would lose it valuableness therefore no one would seek into buying it
The gold would lose it valuableness therefore no one would seek into buying it
Ghana is cool
does ta come from ghana
People had to pay to trade and pass through other countries.
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
Well, Ghana was the middleman. Ghana was the middleman between North and southern part of West Africa, taxing whoever had to come through the empire to trade.
in ancient Ghana they traded salt, gold, and silk
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