Question

What is the gold-salt trade

Answer 1

Answer:

Camel caravans from North Africa carried bars of salt as well as cloth, tobacco, and metal tools across the Sahara to trading centers

Explanation:

Why was gold and salt so valued? Gold was not found in North Africa; North Africans valued gold as a currency. Salt was scarce in West Africa

Answer 2

Camel caravans from North Africa carried bars of salt as well as cloth, tobacco, and metal tools across the Sahara to trading centers like Djenne and Timbuktu on the Niger River. Some items for which the salt was traded include gold, ivory, slaves, skins, kola nuts, pepper, and sugar