Many civilizations that flourished in ancient West Africa were based on trade, so successful West African leaders tended to be peacemakers rather than warriors. Caravans from North Africa crossed the Sahara beginning in the seventh century of the Common Era. Traders exchanged gold for something the ...
In West Africa, Ancient Culture Turning to Dust; Modernization Imperils Salt TradersTim Sullivan
A Journey through the History of Salt: The Salting Culture in Sweden The medical history of salt begins in ancient times and is closely related to different aspects of human history. Salt may be extracted from sea water, min... T Saito - 《Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science Jap...
What Was the Gold-Salt Trade in Ancient Africa? Trade is one of the most important parts of any economy past or present, and this was especially true for the economy of West Africa as they traded gold, salt, and many other things north across the Sahara desert. While gold and salt ...
99 When we analyze the salt sapnity (盐浓度) of ocean waters, we find that it varies only spghtly from place to place. Nevertheless, some of these small changes are important. There are three basic processes that cause a change in oceanic sapnity. One of these is the subtraction of wat...
Fermentation, an ancient method of food preservation, is a cost-effective means to extend the shelf life of highly perishable fish while enhancing flavor and nutritional quality [1]. Rooted in history since around 6000 BC, humans salted seafood using earthenware vessels, triggering natural fermentatio...
Gold is mined primarily in the southwestern areas of the country, on the Mandingue Plateau. The ancient Malian empire was based on the exploitation of gold, but those deposits were depleted before the advent of colonial rule in the 19th century. Mali has many mineral deposits that are not ...
Salt was of crucial importance economically. The expression ânot worth his saltâ stems from the practice of trading slaves for salt in ancient Greece. Special salt rations given to early Roman soldiers were known as "salarium argentum," the forerunner of the English word "sal...
Alaffia, based in Togo, West Africa, helps empower West African communities to become sustainable through the fair trade of indigenous resources. It also encourages empowerment through women’s cooperatives, community projects, education, and more. And all of its ingredients are 100% certified fair ...
From Ying to Shang and to Zhou Dynasties,the plain of chengdu was not the production of common salt,but the ancient Shu civilization could be advanced from this place and shooksouth-west part including southern place, flouring over 1000 to 2000 years, in which there was an important secret ...