Because, salt was needed to flavor food, preserve meat, used for medical<span>
purposes, and to keep the body healthy. But in West Africa, salt was a rare. So,</span><span>West Africans traded their gold for salt. (Salt was so valuable, it was worth </span><span><span>its weight in gold. 1 pound of salt = 1 pound of gold.) Hope this helps!!</span>
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Answer:
It is B.
Explanation:
I'm sorry, but a Moderator deleted my answer even though it was correct.
Base on what i think, development is where a country advances itself.(what i think)
a shrinking population is beneficial in terms of job employment. lesser people-> lesser competition for jobs-> more people earning money for the country-> country spends lesser on helping those without jobs/financially unstable.
a shrinking population is harmful to development whereby the country has lesser people being born-> lesser “brains”/creative minds to help develop the country faster
He was important because he was the first European to reach India and he established a route to India
