The trade helped to develop African societies in Maghreb Western Africa that later influence the rise of the Mali Empire.
African Gold-Salt trade brought the Arabs to Africa, leading to Arabic conquest that influenced western Africa societies due to introduction of trade.
There was spread of Islam into Africa through the trade routes of West Africa. Trade of Gold and salt saw the rice of government structures under chiefs who ruled under the kinship systems.
The development of empires grew larger with increased trading of gold and salt in Trans-Saharan trade routes. Trades from the east brought in weapons such as swords that lead to military force developments.