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goods that originated from mali

goods that mali obtained through trad

GOODS THAT ORIGINATED FROM MALI:

-Gold

-Salt

-Copper

In ancient times, the territory of present-day Mali was the seat of a great empire of West Africa that controlled the trans-Saharan trade of salt, gold and other precious raw materials.

The gold nuggets were the exclusive property of the mansa (emperor), and it was illegal to negotiate within the borders with them. All gold was immediately delivered to the imperial treasury, which returned an equivalent value in gold dust.

The next great exchange unit in Mali was salt. It was valuable in sub-Saharan Africa, almost as much as gold. It was cut into pieces and was used for the payment of merchandise, with different purchasing power in the different areas of the empire. While it was equivalent to gold in the north, its value was higher in the south where people needed it for their diet but it was extremely scarce. The northern region on the other hand had no shortages.

Copper was also a great value in imperial Mali. Negotiated in bars, it was mined in the Takedda mines in the north and changed in the south by gold.

GOODS THAT MALI OBTAINED THROUGH TRADE

-Ivory

-Horses

In Mali, horses were expensive and only the nobles used them. They were not raised in the Empire, but were obtained through trade.

Ivory was also obtained through trade, since trade routes took it from  Central Africa to the Maghreb, passing on its way through Mali.