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Gold and salt!!

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Because during 400-1200 AD, taxes from traders passing through Africa made Ghana very rich.

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Since other areas enjoyed trading with them this caused ghana to become more and more wealthy which enabled other areas to be less wealthy and less able to trade.

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Because they wanted to trade their goods for Africa's salt and gold. These were the most valuable trade goods of the Africans.

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I actually learned this the other day in my world history class. The reason is, as cliché as it sounds, is gold and other various resources, such as salt and silver. When these large deposits of valuable resources were discovered, huge trade empires were created, the first of which was Ghana. Many others followed, including the Songhai, also called the Songhay.


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