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No. Salt is very common today.
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.
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they traded salt because back then salt was as important as gold was
it was used to preserve food and replenish the salt in your sweat also they used it for trading
The reason why is that there was such a plentiful amount and they could even trade it for gold 1 lb. of salt= 1 lb of gold.
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No. Salt is very common today.
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people needed salt to stay alive and to preserve their food people needed salt to stay alive and to preserve their food
An Ivory Salt Cellar is what the People of Benin in Ancient Africa used to store their salt. When the Portuguese traders first travelled to western Africa on an exploratory expidition in the late 15th century, they began to trade with the people of benin. When they traded commodities for salt, the Benin people gave them Ivory salt cellars as souvenirs with carvings of Europeans on the top of them.
An Ivory Salt Cellar is what the People of Benin in Ancient Africa used to store their salt. When the Portuguese traders first travelled to western Africa on an exploratory expidition in the late 15th century, they began to trade with the people of benin. When they traded commodities for salt, the Benin people gave them Ivory salt cellars as souvenirs with carvings of Europeans on the top of them.
Salt was one of those materails and it helped people from spoiling there food and people needed it in their diet to survive Africa's hot climate. hope i helped out!!
the Kalahari Desert is where the traded salt in Africa.
in western Africa salt is found in rocks