Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. What two items were the most important to early African trade?

The main items traded were gold and salt. The gold mines of West Africa provided great wealth to West African Empires such as Ghana and Mali. Other items that were commonly traded included ivory, kola nuts, cloth, slaves, metal goods, and beads.

Iwould say a, due to the fact these routes display many things that would be useful and provide explanations for how states are known.

The answer is ethnic groups.