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People who got raided such as the Zinj people were enslaved. Slaves were trades as gifts.

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Trade made Kilwa cosmopolitan because it lead to Kilwa practicing different religions and had a diversity of people. Through trade, the Kilwa obtained many immigrants these immigrants created a diversity among the society. They also learned the practice of islam through trade and integrated it into their society.

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Mogadishu became cosmopolitan through trade as trade synthesized ideas from other societies and created a diversity of people in power. Merchants who traded there "brough their languages culture and religion" this made many people implement these aspects in their life synthesizing it with their previous morals. Also this learning of religion, culture, and language created a diversity of the people in power as the sultan spoke two languages native Somali and Arabic. I infer that intermarriage changed societal ties with Arabic societies and created a more Islamic society.

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In Ziela they traded food specifically fish and like other African areas they traded ivory, gold, myrth, animal skins, frankincense, slaves, and ambergris. ibn Battuta did not like the this place, specifically the smell and he called it the most "[dirty] and disagreeable, and [stinky]" town in the world. He would even sleep on his ship rather than on land.

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Even though there were few Muslims in East Africa, it was easy for ibn Battuta to travel because Muslims controlled a majority of the Indian ocean, there was still Muslims at the places he went who would provide hospitality him, and the great weather conditions for sailing due to the Monsoons.