13.4 the gold-salt trade
-porcelain Salt more precious than gold. enhance food flavors,replace body salts,and preserve food - replace body salts -acquired in salt flats The source of Gold By: Emerson Logan Geno - preserve food Questions Wangara = source of gold. - enhance flavor Made coins of gold. Salt was important to the W.A. because they needed salt for their diets and they would loose so much salt when they sweat because of the extreme heat, so they craved and ate salt to get back what they had lost. tradition= merchants capture gold miners for location taxes=all goods At the designated trade location, the salt traders would display the salt they brought, beat their drums to announce their intention to trade, and return to their camp. The gold traders, hearing the drums, would show up, have a look at the salt, and place an amount of gold that they believe would be a fair trade. The gold-salt trade was an exchange of salt for gold between Mediterranean economies and West African countries during the Middle Ages. West African kingdoms, such as the Soninke empire of Ghana and the empire of Mali that succeeded it, were rich in gold but lacked salt, a commodity that countries around the Mediterranean had in plenty. 13.4 The Gold-Salt Trade Many items were traded between North Africa and West Africa, but the two goods that were most in demand were gold and salt. The North Africans wanted gold, which came from the forest region south of Ghana. The people in the forests wanted salt, which came from the Sahara. Salt from the Sahara desert was one of the major trade goods of ancient West Africa where very little naturally occurring deposits of the mineral could be found. Transported via camel caravans and by boat along such rivers as the Niger and Senegal, salt found its way to trading centres like Koumbi Saleh, Niani, and Timbuktu, where it was either passed further south or exchanged for other goods
13.1 Introduction. 13.4 The Gold-Salt Trade Many items were traded between North Africa and West Africa, but the two goods that were most in demand were gold
13.4 The Gold-Salt Trade Fill in the voice bubbles. Have the North African trader explain why salt was important to the people in the West African forest. Have the Wangaran explain why gold was important. Have the king explain how Ghana became wealthy through trans-Saharan caravan trade. 13.5 The Exchange of Goods and cultures along the Gold-Salt Network? A. Arabs and Berbers avoided each other because Arabs were Christian and Berbers were Muslim B. The Gold-Salt Trade Network was more vast and spread out than the Silk Road C. Arab and Berber traders exchanged gold and salt as well as ideas, language, and goods along the Gold-Salt Network D. None of The gold-salt trade was an exchange of salt for gold between European economies and West African countries during the Middle Ages. West African kingdoms, such as empire of Ghana and the empire of Mali that succeeded it, were rich in gold but lacked salt, a kind of good that countries around the Mediterranean had in plenty. The gold-salt trade exchanged salt from the Sahara Desert with gold found in West Africa. F. The gold-salt trade encouraged the growth of a series of prosperous kingdoms in West Africa: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. G. Other civilizations also flourished in Africa, including Ife, Benin, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and the cities of East Africa. H. 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 The people who lived in the desert of North Africa could easily mine salt, but not gold. They craved the precious metal that would add so much to their personal splendor and prestige. These mutual needs led to the establishment of long-distance trade routes that connected very different cultures. What was the nature of trade in the region before Islam and what impact did the religion have on commerce? A desire to find answers brought me to the banks of the Niger River in 1993, to investigate an oasis with the magical name of Timbuktu and the ancient city of Gao, capital of the Songhai Empire.
13.1 Introduction. 13.4 The Gold-Salt Trade Many items were traded between North Africa and West Africa, but the two goods that were most in demand were gold
Trade was even - an ounce of gold for an ounce of salt. The kingdom of Ghana did not have gold mines or salt mines, but Ghana got rich handling the trade of gold for salt. After a while, word reached the east coast of Africa about the riches to the west. All the east coast traders had to do was cross the Sahara to get there, which was no easy feat. 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 Trade made Ghana wealthy because Ghana taxes goods coming into and out of the empire. Taxes help pay for armies to protect the kingdom and to conquer other territories. Fill in the voice bubbles for the North African trader and the Wangaran. Have each explain what he does during silent bartering. -porcelain Salt more precious than gold. enhance food flavors,replace body salts,and preserve food - replace body salts -acquired in salt flats The source of Gold By: Emerson Logan Geno - preserve food Questions Wangara = source of gold. - enhance flavor Made coins of gold. 13.4 The Gold-Salt Trade Explain why salt was important to the people in the West African forest. Salt is needed to replace salt lost through perspiration. It also keeps food from spoiling, the people like its taste, and cattle need it. Explain why gold was important. Gold is important because it is used to make coins and to purchase silk and
From the seventh to the eleventh century, trans-Saharan trade linked the Mediterranean economies that demanded gold—and could supply salt—to the
6 Mar 2019 The most common exchange was salt for gold dust that came from the mines of southern West Africa. Indeed, salt was such a precious commodity
The gold-salt trade was an exchange of salt for gold between European economies and West African countries during the Middle Ages. West African kingdoms, such as empire of Ghana and the empire of Mali that succeeded it, were rich in gold but lacked salt, a kind of good that countries around the Mediterranean had in plenty.
From the seventh to the eleventh century, trans-Saharan trade linked the Mediterranean economies that demanded gold—and could supply salt—to the 12 Oct 2010 African gold and salt trade. 6 Mar 2019 The most common exchange was salt for gold dust that came from the mines of southern West Africa. Indeed, salt was such a precious commodity 13.4 The Gold-Salt Trade. Many items were traded between North Africa and West Africa, but the two goods that were most in demand were gold and salt.
Trade was even - an ounce of gold for an ounce of salt. The kingdom of Ghana did not have gold mines or salt mines, but Ghana got rich handling the trade of gold for salt. After a while, word reached the east coast of Africa about the riches to the west. All the east coast traders had to do was cross the Sahara to get there, which was no easy feat.