Salt Roads Explained: How Carthage's Salt Trade Worked

The clearest explainers on how the salt roads worked: why salt was worth gold, how desert routes were chosen and supplied, and how Carthage plugged the Sahara into a Mediterranean trade web.

Playlist by @carthage_salt_roads

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The TRANS-SAHARAN TRADE Network, Explained [AP World History Review—Unit 2 Topic 4] — Heimler's History
2. Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, & Trans-Saharan Routes [AP World History Review]—Unit 2 Topics 1, 3, 4 — Heimler's History
3. History of the Major Trade Routes - Summary on a Map — Geo History
4. What is the trans-Saharan trade? — The Art of Being Human
5. How did North Africa Communicate with the rest of Africa? - Ancient and Medieval Africa — Knowledgia
6. The History of the West African Salt Trade — World History Encyclopedia
7. The Trans Saharan Trade Routes Part 1 — AE LEARNING
8. The Life Of A Carthaginian Merchant (or a bit of it anyway) — Stefan Milo
9. Trade Routes of Carthage: Africa, Sicily, and Beyond. — History of Carthage
10. The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes: Gold, Salt, and Empire | Africa’s Forgotten Global Powerhouse — ECHOES OF AFRICAN HISTORY
11. THE TRANS-SAHARAN TRADE ROUTES: Africa’s Golden Highway — History Uncovered