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Salt used to preserve and flavor food, was available in the Sahara.
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What was songhay important trade?
with gold ivory and salt for gold
What did the Almoravids trade in Africa?
they traded salt because back then salt was as important as gold was
Did the people of Ghana trade their gold for salt?
Yes, they did trade there gold for salt.
What did egypts neighbors trade with Egypt?
Salt, gold, ivory. Salt was very important in the ancient world not like today.
What did kush trade with its neighbor Egypt?
Salt, gold, ivory. Salt was very important in the ancient world not like today.
How gold trade works?
Ghana had gold, but no salt. The Sahara had no gold, but lots of salt. They figured it was a good idea to trade.
Mali controlled the trade of what resources?
Gold and salt
Where did mecca trade gold and salt?
They traded mostly gold and salt
Why were gold salt important in west African trade?
salt was used to prserve the food, flaver the food, and heal other people
What was the gold-salt trade?
The gold-salt trade was when people north of the Sahara trade salt for gold with the people south of the Sahara. Ghana just happened to be in the middle and charged gold for passing through and became very rich!
Why did the West Africa trade gold into salt?
Because, salt was needed to flavor food, preserve meat, used for medical purposes, and to keep the body healthy. But in West Africa, salt was a rare. So, West Africans traded their gold for salt. (Salt was so valuable, it was worth its weight in gold. 1 pound of salt = 1 pound of gold.)
What was the gold salt trade?
the answer is Ghana because Ghana owned gold and salt mines.
