HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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salt
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gold
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iron
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camels
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ghana’s main exports are gold, cocoa beans and timber products. Others include tuna, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds and horticulture. It’s main exports partners are Netherlands, Burkina Faso, South Africa and United Kingdom.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arab traders crossed the Sahara to Ghana, which they called the “Land of Gold.” The king collected taxes from merchants who came through his empire. They had to pay taxes on goods they were selling and goods they bought. The king also took all gold nuggets found in his kingdom.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ghana Empire-‘Land of Gold’ ‘ The metal came from goldfields in Ghiyaru, Galam, and Bure on the upper Niger River (modern Guinea), and via traders who brought it from the goldfields of Bambuk at the meeting of the Falem and Senegal Rivers.