As odd as it sounds, what was just as valuable as gold in the Songhay Empire was it salt, copper, rice, or water?

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Sara Huang

11 May, 11:24

As odd as it sounds, what was just as valuable as gold in the Songhay Empire was it salt, copper, rice, or water?

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Carleigh Buckley · Answer 1

Salt.

Songhay Empire just as previous Mali empire was build on gold and salt, salt back then was very important for preservation of food and tehre was much less of it in Africa in comparission to Europe