Gold-Salt Trade
-2 most important trades during the Ghana and Mali empires were gold and salt
-Gold came from between Niger and Senegal Rivers
-Camels were used for travel to trade
-Royal officers made sure all trader's weighed good fairly and according to law
-Guards protected from bandits
-War with the Almoravids badly disrupted the gold-salt trade and Ghana was never able to fix it
-Mali restored gold-salt trade in 1235
-Gold came from between Niger and Senegal Rivers
-Camels were used for travel to trade
-Royal officers made sure all trader's weighed good fairly and according to law
-Guards protected from bandits
-War with the Almoravids badly disrupted the gold-salt trade and Ghana was never able to fix it
-Mali restored gold-salt trade in 1235