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HA Ghana PPT Gold for Salt SlideShare 29 Apr 2024 HA Ghana PPT Gold for Salt 1 What do you notice about Ghana 39 s location 2 Its location at the crossroads of major trade routes south of the Sahara and along the rivers brought medieval Ghana great wealth and power 3 It was located between the salt mines of the Sahara and the gold of southern West nbsp
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Common salt production in Ghana is along the Coastal areas of the Central region the Greater Accra region and the Volta region Around Keta In the ECOWAS sub region the demand for industrial salt is estimated and at over 3 million tons
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Ironically the gold and salt miners almost never saw each other face to face Merchants from the west and north traded while the great empires of the south Ghana Mali and Songhai managed the trade The gold miners the Wangaran people did not want to give up the secret locations of their mines deep in the dense rainforests of West Africa and would swear not to reveal information about
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Though Ghana was not rich in natural resources itself it was located along an important trade route between gold and ivory producing areas in the south and salt miners in the Sahara desert to the north As a result of this strategically important location Ghana became a wealthy entrepot
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The gold salt trade in Africa made Ghana a powerful empire because they controlled the trade routes and taxed traders Control of gold salt trade routes helped Ghana Mali and Songhai to become large and powerful West African kingdoms Mansa Musa and Sundiata were to leaders that assisted in keeping Mali prosperous
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The Gold Salt Trade Many items were traded between North Africa and West Africa but the two goods that were most in demand were gold and salt The North Africans wanted gold which came from the forest region south of Ghana The people in the forests wanted salt which came from the Sahara Ghana made most of its money from the taxes it
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In 1076 the Muslim Almoravids of North Africa conquered Ghana The Almoravids eventually left but it had disrupted the gold salt trade in Ghana and it never recovered By 1100 Ghana was no
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The gold salt trade in Africa made Ghana a powerful empire because they controlled the trade routes and taxed traders Control of gold salt trade routes helped Ghana Mali and Songhai to become large and powerful West African kingdoms Trade routes were most responsible for aiding the early spread of Islam
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The position of the Kingdom gave it control over the trade of salt from the North and gold from the South Its rulers instituted strong economic political and social laws that help the empire to
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Gold weights made of brass West Africa Ghana Asante Traders carried many weights and most families would also have a collection that could be passed down as heirlooms The gold weight would sit on one side of a pair of scales and gold dust would be scooped onto the other with a brass spoon The weights and scales would be part of a larger
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The Gold salt trade via the Sahara Desert has been going on for many centuries The gold salt trade was an exchange of gold for salt between West African countries and Mediterranean economies during the Middle Ages West African kingdoms such as the Soninke empire of Ghana and the empire of Mali were rich in gold but they lacked salt People
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The African trade in gold and salt caused the Ghana Empire to rise to prominence and the disruption of that trade led to its decline During its time Ghana was one of the richest polities in Africa Though Ghana was not rich in natural resources itself it was located along an important trade route between gold and ivory producing areas in
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Salt vs Gold The Intriguing History of the 25/08/2024· Conveniently the people from Bambuk region west of the Ghana empire as well as the people from the Wangara region south of the Ghana empire had lots of gold But wouldn t you know it they were a little short on salt You see where this is going Pretty soon Arab traders set up salt mining operations in Taghaza and Taoudenni
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A two day national conference on artisanal and small scale gold and salt mining opened in Accra on Tuesday with a call on government to attach the same priority to operators in the sector as it
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Gold And Salt In Ghana 06 07 2024· Salt production in ghana traces its roots to the famous trans saharan trade many centuries the reigns of ancient ghana mali and songhai empires salt gold ivory inter alia were traded across the sahara with arabic merchants from the maghreb and the middle of the salt traded then came from present day salt
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The gold salt trade was an exchange of salt for gold between Mediterranean economies and West African countries during the Middle Ag West African kingdoms such as the Soninke empire of Ghana and the empire of Mali that succeeded it were rich in gold but lacked salt a commodity that countries around the Mediterranean had in
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It is widely known that the Ghana Empire had a strong involvement in the Trans Saharan Gold Trade which included many imports and exports The main objects of trade were salt gold copper iron
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The salt mines of Idjil in the Sahara were a famous source of the precious commodity for the Ghana Empire 6 13th century CE and were still going strong in the 15th century CE In the 10th century CE the Sanhaja Berbers who controlled the salt mines at Awlil and Taghaza and transportation through trade cities like Audaghost began to challenge the Ghana Empire s monopoly of the trade In
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A 90 kilo block of salt transported by river from Timbuktu to Djenne aka Jenne in the south could double its value and be worth around 450 grams of gold As the Tarikh al Sudan chronicle compiled c 1656 CE notes
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In West Africa during the Medieval period salt was traded for gold This may seem astonishing as salt is a cheap commodity in today s society It may be added that salt is easily available today which was not the case in ancient times In the past salt was difficult to obtain in certain parts of the world
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TEACHERS Mr Nicky is scheduling his 2024 online assemblies virtual classroom songwriting workshops These online programs via Zoom/Google Meet/etc
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15930 Advertisement Ghana Mali and Songhai were three of the greatest western African trading states These three Western African states dominated the trade of gold salt and merchandise between North Africa and sub Saharan Africa These trades date back as early as 300 and ended with the conquest of Songhai by Morocco in the 16th
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In fact one pound of salt in Ghana would cost as much as 25 dinars about 100 ounces of gold Gold alone was important because it was worth a lot of money and since Ghana had no trouble finding it it also made the city rich Most families wore gold as jewelry Gold was so popular and plentiful in Ghana that it was said that there was a 60 pound gold nugget near the king s throne worth
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Certain towns grew rich on the gold salt trade In the 11th century CE a 90 kilo block of salt transported by river from The modern state of Ghana formerly known as the Gold Coast gained independence from Britain in 1961 CE and the introduction of new mining technology meant that it once more played a major role in the international gold markets For a while Ghana ranked 5th in the
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1 Ghana and the gold salt trade Chapter 13 Section 2 1 Write three statements to describe Ghana s king 1 The king of Ghana was the head of the army and had the final say in matters of justice 2 The king was very wealthy since he controlled the supply of… Gold salt trade African gold and salt trade Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance and to provide you with
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In the early middle ages trade started to develop in west Africa through the Ghana empire Plenty of commodities changed hands but the most important were salt and gold Don t let the name fool you the present day nation of Ghana is a ways off from where the Ghana empire was The map below shows the pertinent places we re talking about
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The earliest author to mention Ghana is the Persian astronomer Ibrahim al Fazari who writing at the end of the eighth century refers to the territory of Ghana the land of gold From the 9th century Arab authors mention the Ghana Empire in connection with the trans Saharan gold trade Al Bakri who wrote in the 11th century described the capital of Ghana as consisting of two towns
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In the 6th century sub Saharan Moorish merchants traded one ounce of salt for one ounce of gold In early times animals would find salt licks and humans followed their trails turning them into roads and subsequently settlements As the human diet moved away from salt rich game to grains more salt was needed
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