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Economythe Mali empire controlled all of the salt and gold trade. All of the Gold was owned by the king. It was illegal to trade gold within the borders. All of the gold nuggets had to be turned in and be exchanged for an equal amount of gold using gold dust. The Mali Empire had 2 immense gold mines. In northern africa, salt was as good as gold, salt was worth even more in the south. This was because the south was in need of salt and the north had no shortage of salt. So every year merchants would go to Mali with camel loads of salt to sell in Niani.
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