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Empire of Ghana - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Indiviuals built their homes from salt since it was the only resource
  - - - How were people taxed if there was no universal currency?
- - - - By the 11th century Ghana was a kingdom, and its rulers were growing rich by taxing the goods that traders carried through their territory
  - - - The iron weapons helped West African empires keep order on the trade routes providing safe passage to merchants
        
        Iron tools helped increase agricultural production and agricultural surplus.
        
        Pottery made locally could be used for stroing and transporting goods, and canoes were used to carry goods and materials along the Niger river to trading towns
- - - - In his royal palace, the king stored gold nuggets and slabs of salt (collected as taxes).
      - Only the king had the right to own gold nuggets, although gold dust freely circulated in the marketplace.
- - - - arab muslims started enslaving the africans
        
        but it was only like 1000 a year. it didnt pick up until1700, when eropeans started to buy them for plantations and colinies.