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- 5. Measured with precise scales, this was used to pay for imported goods in West Africa.
- 6. Forged by blacksmiths into tools like hoes and axes, this material represented practical wealth in agricultural societies
- 7. Glass or coral ornaments that were used for dowry and trade in not in East and Central Africa
- 9. This metal was sometimes as valuable as gold due to its scarcity, was also used in trade.
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- 1. A major form of wealth and currency in Southern and Eastern Africa, where pastoralists traded cattle or goats for other necessities.
- 2. Woven strips of cotton that served as a standardized currency across the Savannah and Central Africa.
- 3. The primary form of early trade in Africa before the introduction of formal currencies, involving the direct exchange of goods.
- 4. Heavy, U-shaped rings of bronze or copper used as currency in West Africa, often worn as jewellery to display wealth.
- 8. Large blocks of salt that functioned as the primary currency in ancient Ethiopia until the 20th century
