HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Gold and fish
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Gold and salt
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Gold and timber
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Gold and bronze
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Detailed explanation-1: -The city flourished through trade in gold, salt, ivory, and enslaved people in both the Mali and Songhai empires. Timbuktu also became a center of Islamic learning.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ghana Empire was one of the first centralized states to express control over the gold and salt trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -As trade in gold and salt increased, Ghana’s rulers gained power. Eventually, they built up armies equipped with iron weapons that were superior to the weapons of nearby people. Over time, Ghana took control of trade from merchants.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.