WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gold and salt trade via the Sahara Desert has been going on for many centuries. Gold from Timbuktu, a city in the modern-day West African country of Mali, and other West African states was traded north to the Mediterranean in exchange for luxury goods and, ultimately, salt from the desert.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ghana and Mali were both located at the center of the Trans-Saharan trade routes. Gold and salt were two of the most valuable resources traded. By controlling trade and taxing traders, the empires of Ghana and Mali became wealthy and powerful. The Trans-Saharan trade routes also spread Islam throughout Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -Salt and Gold: Mali’s Trade Routes Of the three, salt and gold were the most significant (and best remembered). Their allure had catalysed the development of the empire itself: Malian authority was established through the migration of the Malinke (also called the Mandinka), who moved west in search of salt and gold.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gold and salt helped create the kingdom of Ghana around A.D. 300. It was the first of the great West African trading empires. Its wealth grew out of its place on a major trade route. On this route, salt went from the Sahara to western Africa, and gold went from western Africa to North Africa and the Middle East.

Detailed explanation-5: -Goods coming from the Mediterranean shores and salt were traded in Timbuktu for gold. Salt, books and gold were the main commodities that were traded in Timbuktu.