people needed salt to stay alive and to preserve their food people needed salt to stay alive and to preserve their food
It preserved the meat and food instead of a refrigerator, which they didn't have.
salt
they traded salt because back then salt was as important as gold was
gold...
Became important trade city because of its location between the salt mines in northern Africa and gold fields in the south.
Gold and salt
Gold and salt
it was used to preserve food and replenish the salt in your sweat also they used it for trading
Because back then in Africa salt was very scarce and one pound of gold would be worth one pound of salt and they traded salt for gold.
gold and salt
gold and salt
its important so you can live