Ghana, mali, and songhai were known as the kingdoms of salt and silk. jewels and tea. gold and jewels. salt and gold. im confused hep

The correct option is: Salt and Gold.

Trans-Saharan trade refers to merchandise traffic through the Sahara to reach Sub-Saharan Africa from the North African coast, Europe or the Levant. Although it has existed since prehistoric times, the apogee of this commercial route took place between the 8th and 16th centuries. The Darb el-Arbain trade route, passing through Kharga in the south and Asiut in the north, began to be used as early as the Ancient Kingdom of Egypt for the transport and trade of gold, ivory, spices, wheat, animals and plants. The rise of the Ghanaian Empire, located in what the area currently occupied by Mali, Senegal and southern Mauritania, was on a par with the growth of trans-Saharan trade. The Mediterranean economies had shortages of gold but could offer salt, which existed from places such as the Taghaza African salt mine, while West African states such as Wangara had large gold reserves but lacked salt.

stone age, iron age, olden days, prehistory

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