Question

The Ghana Empire was an Early West African trade empire. Iron goods were highly praised and there wan an abundance of gold. During this same time period, what was as valuable as gold? Question 11 options:

Answer 1

The answer is Salt, it was treasured and favored among the people and had the same value as gold

Answer 2

Salt was considered very valuable and the salt trade was heavily taxed by the king Salt was sometimes used as money and was about as valuable as gold.