Yes, they did trade there gold for salt.
the answer is Ghana because Ghana owned gold and salt mines.
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!
Ghana had gold, but no salt. The Sahara had no gold, but lots of salt. They figured it was a good idea to trade.
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Gold and Salt.
Ghana's ruler imposed taxes on all the gold and salt passing through his kingdom.
Ghana and Arabia traded salt and gold because Ghana was low on salt.
in ancient Ghana they traded salt, gold, and silk
Ghana's ruler imposed taxes on all the gold and salt passing through his kingdom.
Ghana
Mali is larger and has lot of golds but no salt Ghana has twice as much gold. one of them has salt and the other has gold so they could traded and they could traded for bout 500 pounds of salt for 500 pounds of gold
Because of its trade in gold and salt