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Marco Polo notes the diversity of the people there, who are scholars, craftsmen, and traders. He notes that the people of South China are very peaceful.

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Suzhou was a massive silk producer, but also traded in many things, like porcelain and gold.

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Suzhou was a massive city, with hundreds of thousands of traders  It was built as a double chessboard pattern, meaning that roads were built parallel to rivers.

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Mogadishu traded vast amounts of gold, slaves, and ivory

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Mogadishu was a very important city for routing trading from Africa to India. It was mainly Islamic.

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Baghdad was a stop along Silk Roads but the city itself was described to be a very rich, to have had great architecture, and a place where people were generally nice. Baghdad was also very important to Islamic cultures. Baghdad shares many similarities with the cities talked about along the Trans-Saharan trade route.

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Ghana traded gold, ivory, and slaves. In exchange, they were able to get many valuable goods like salt, horses, cloth, swords, and books.

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Many of the African cities are known for trading gold and Gao did along with copper, slaves, and salt

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Timbuktu is mainly known for trading gold but they also traded salt and books.

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Cambay traded in many luxury goods, but was famous for its spices and textiles.

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Calicut was called the City of Spices since it was a major port where South and Southeast Asian spices were exported to East Africa.

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Cambay was absolutely crucial for Indian Ocean Trade, and like Calicut, was a major trade port for both North and South India. It was mostly Hindu.

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Ibn Battuta describes many trade traditions, like "claiming" a merchant when he arrives so that he trades only there.

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The majority in Calicut was Muslim. It ended up being a place where many people converted as Muslim traders married Hindu women and they converted.

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Baghdad was a major trade point along the Silk Roads. They traded many valuable materials like silk, textiles, glass, and paper.

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Baghdad was a famous city that people came from all over to visit. It not only traded expensive and valuable materials but people also came for Islamic teachings. Baghdad was known as a major learning center for Islamic cultures and beliefs.

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Ghana was one of the wealthiest cities along the Trans-Saharan trade route and one of the most populated. Today, some Ghana’s main core values and beliefs are friendliness, respect, and honesty. In the image, it is showing the people of Ghana taking to the streets and celebrating.

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Geo is a city that was very similar to Timbuktu. They were both exceptionally wealthy and had Islamic centers of learning. Timbuktu was more popular though.

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Timbuktu is one of the most well known and wealthiest cities along the Trans-Saharan trade route. It became a more popular center of Islamic life and learning that Gao.

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Xi’an was one of the most important destinations in the entire trade route, and was a crossroads for incredible diversification of religion and culture.

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The image above shows some of the advanced architectural designs in the very rich trade city of Constantinople.

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Xi’an traded many things, but one of the main goods it traded was Chinese porcelain, silk, and innovations like paper-making.

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Constantinople mostly traded Christian relics and artifacts and silk on the Silk Roads.