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- - - - how did limiting the supply of gold nuggets prevent their price from falling. Limiting gold meant there was less on the market which made there be a higher demand for it allowing the price not to fall.
- - - - In the kings palace he owned and stored gold nuggets and slabs of salt
        
        Only the king had the right to own gold nuggets although sometimes gold dust freely circulated in the marketplace
        
        the king limited his supply of gold and kept his prices the same
        
        The chief acted as a religious leader, chief judge, and military commander.
        
        he headed a large government (bureaucracy) and could call up a huge army
        
        In 1067 a muslim geographer named al-Brakri wrote a description of Ghana's royal court
        
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- - - - cause then they cant supplies people and they cant get anything from trade they also cant stop other trades
      - cause the trade slowed and they also had no idea where to go they where stuck and had no help to lead them and also the trade stopped there growth
      - almoravids took control of Ghana
      - many switched to animism but they still kept some things from there old religion
      - To study the Qur’an converts to Islam had to learn Arabic
- - - - An adminstrative class helped the king run the government.
        
        Other segments that emerged in Ghana’s society
        
        agricultural laborers
        
        miners
        
        metal workers
        
        leather crafters
        
        Ghana was a matrilineal society
        
        meaning that ancestry was traced through the mother’s lineage
        
        Inheritances also passed through the mother’s lineage.
- - - - Camels could plod steadily over much longer distances
      - Could travel more than 10 days without water
      - Camels could cover as much as 60 miles in a day
    - - Caused infrequent and irregular trade
      - Most animals could not travel very far in these conditions
    - - Ironmaking in west africa enabled trade
        
        people manufactured agricultural tools, weaponry, and other implements
        
        Helped west african empires keep order on the trade routes
        
        Provided safe passage to merchants
        
        iron tools helped increase agricultural production and agricultural surpluus could be traded
        
        Plentiful food meant more people could specialize in metal working, trading, or administration
      - Arabic Writing
        
        Important for sharing information
        
        Important for recording contracts
        
        important for keeping other records
      - Pottery
        
        used to store and transport goods
        
        Made locally
        
        conoes were used to carry materials and goods to trading towns