Salt and gold.
The traingular trade route was in the shape of a triangle. Goods from Europe were shipped to Africa, goods from Africa were shipped to the Americas, and goods from the Americas were shipped to Europe.
Manufactured goods
SMD
Africa cannot attract foreign investments It is hard for Africa to make a profit on the goods that it exports. World-market price fluctuations make the economy unstable.
Gold, cocoa, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore and diamonds.
Gold and salt
Some goods that were traded in the Songhai kingdom included gold, salt, ivory, slaves, horses, and various commodities such as textiles and grain. The kingdom's strategic location along trans-Saharan trade routes facilitated the exchange of these goods with other regions in Africa and beyond.
Arabian traders crossed the Sahara Desert to reach the Songhai Empire. They established trade routes linking North Africa to West Africa, exchanging goods such as salt, gold, and slaves. These trade networks contributed to the economic and cultural exchange between the two regions.
trade was crucial to the survival of Ghana Mali and songhai because they needed tax and other goods to take are of their teritory.
Ghana was and still is in the North-West of Africa. Ghana was a powerful Kingdom that developed in about 700AD. Ghana was wealthy and powerful because it salt and gold trade at the time. African and Arab Traders met at Kumbi Saleh, the capital of Ghana to exchange goods. The other main items for trade from Ghana were slaves, leather goods and ivory. In return the traders of Ghana bought cloth, weapons and horses, as well as salt from the Arab Traders. After about 600 years, Ghana became part of a new Kingdom called Mali. For over 200 years, it was the most powerful Kingdom in West Africa. Later Mali became part of the Kingdom called Songhay. For a while Songhay controlled gold trade until it was defeated by the Moroccon Army Note: The modern country of Ghana is not in the same place as the ancient kingdom. Modern Ghana used to be a British Colony called Gold Coast, until it became independent.
trade was crucial to the survival of Ghana Mali and songhai because they needed tax and other goods to take are of their teritory.
trade was crucial to the survival of Ghana Mali and songhai because they needed tax and other goods to take are of their teritory.
goods and services
traders because they traded valuable goods
The rulers of some trading cities in West Africa became wealthy by collecting taxes from the goods that were bought and sold.
The goods are food. And many other things.
The two most important trade items were gold and salt.