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Packet 5: Bonus 11

This good was traded for gold as part of a Saharan silent bartering system. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this resource responsible for much of the wealth of the Songhai Empire. Ibn Battuta claimed that the fly-ridden city of Taghaza mined so much of this good that its buildings were made out of it.
ANSWER: salt [or table salt; accept Taghaza salt mines]
[10e] In the middle ages, many salt traders hailed from this modern-day country, once home to the Ashanti Empire. A British protectorate in this modern-day country was known as the “Gold Coast.”
ANSWER: Ghana [or Republic of Ghana]
[10h] Salt shortages may have led Nyatsimba Mutota to abandon this kingdom and found the Mutapa empire. Willi Posselt discovered a conical tower where Domba circumcision rights may have been performed by this kingdom.
ANSWER: Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe [reject “Zimbabwe”]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
3620.0097%86%17%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
EdinburghSheffield A010010E
Manchester BChimera100010M
Sheffield BManchester A010010E

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓620.00100%83%17%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓220.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓323.33100%100%33%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓420.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓524.00100%100%40%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓310.0067%33%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓417.50100%75%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓425.00100%100%50%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓518.00100%80%0%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✕818.75100%75%13%