HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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They charged traders taxes to pass through.
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They charged sales tax on the goods being traded.
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They controlled the trade and made all the profits.
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They did not permit trade.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ghana grew wealthy from trade through taxation. Along with gold and salt traders carried copper, silver, cloth and spices. As Ghana was in a prime location in between salt and gold mines, rulers taxed traders passing through Ghana. Traders had to pay taxes on the goods they carried to Ghana and took away with them.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that met in his empire? By collecting a toll (tax) on all goods entering or leaving Ghana.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the king was not busy enforcing his power among the people, he was spreading it internationally through trade. At its peak, Ghana was chiefly bartering gold, ivory, and slaves for salt from Arabs and horses, cloth, swords, and books from North Africans and Europeans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ghana’s economic development and eventual wealth was linked to the growth of regular and intensified trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt, and ivory, which allowed for the development of larger urban centers and encouraged territorial expansion to gain control over different trade routes.
Detailed explanation-5: -Gold Trade and the Kingdom of Ancient Ghana Gold, sought from the western and central Sudan, was the main commodity of the trans-Saharan trade. The traffic in gold was spurred by the demand for and supply of coinage.