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Q: What did Africans trade for salt?
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How did west africans get salt?

triangular trade


What did the north Africans trade?

The north Africans traded salt, gold, animals and slaves


What did africans trade?

gold jewelry money salt sugar


Why is salt important in the Africans trade networks?

Because we use salt in alot of our foods! So the salt was important to make the foods.


What did the Western Africans trade to northern Africa and southern Europe?

Salt and gold are some examples.


What did Africans provide in the trade between East Africa and Asia?

The Africans provided limestone, desert animals, salt, gold, ivory, iron, silver, and other items.


West africans received salt from?

West Africans received salt from the Sahara.


Why do Africans trade the salt?

Salt at one time in history was very valuable. It was so precious that they had salt cellars with tiny spoons to make sure no one took too much. Only the high table in the Middle Ages had salt, so anyone who had salt to trade had an valued item.


What did the Berbers bring as a trade item that the West Africans thought was as valuable as gold?

gold, pearls, ivory


What did the Africans trade for in the triangle trade?

Africans traded gold, ivory, and other resources for goods such as firearms, textiles, and rum in the triangle trade. The main commodity that Africans were traded for in this trade route was slaves.


Why is salt so valuable in West Africa?

Salt was so valuable in West Africa, especially in Ghana, because people needed salt in their diets. It also added flavor to their bland foods. Probably the most important reason was because it preserved fod for a long time, because they obviously didn't have refrigerators! =D


What did the African trade?

The north Africans traded salt, gold, animals and slaves