Land was important to grow crops and have cattle etc. the more land you had the wealthier you were.
They wanted the areas that produced more gold.
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It was traded for other useful goods.
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Salt was often a foreign, luxurious material not commonly found in European countries.
Drop nuclear warheads all over the Middle East till the whole place becomes a wasteland filled with radiation, instantly killing all terrorists even underground