Malians used salt to make there food last longer.
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∙ 12y agoWiki User
∙ 10y agoIt was one of their main trades other than gold. They made a lot of money off the salt to the traders that came.
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∙ 6y agoTo make there food last longer!
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∙ 11y agoempire
gold and salt
mali in the past was important because: -it was the mane trade route over the nile -had rich supply of gold and salt -had lots of slaves to sell to mostly italy since it was very popular to have a lave in italy at that time
Jenne
for fun and to learn more.
The Mali Empire in the fifteenth centry.
Songhai empire.
Mail traded Gold and Salt with neighboring countries.
he established mali empire!!
The Mali Empire included it first and then the Songhai Empire did a while later
Mali had alot of Salt and Gold.
To the upper left, atop the building, is the owner of the rocks.
there was no mali empire thats a country in africa