Economy-C+
There where many goods produced in Mali. There were goods like Salt, Copper, and Gold. The empire taxed every ounce of gold that entered its border. All gold was immediately handed over to the imperial treasury in return for an equal value of gold dust. Every year merchants entered Mali with camel loads to sell in Niani.
There was an advanced level of trade because other countries wanted gold really badly and they had three large gold mines and they traded slaves. Trade of products helps the citizens live because they could live better and in more luxury and they could live easier since they traded gold for salt because their animals needed salt,as did they.
They traded with empires across the Shara and they could do this because they had game as transportation, that didn't need to stop for water very often.
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