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It became cosmoopolitain due to trade becasue..
-  Important intulectuals gathered in Kiwa during the trade events
- Traveling Males married local families

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It became a cosmopolitain city due to trade because..
-  New religion and Ideas spread
- People stayed there for periods of time due to the trade season
- Intermarrige helped create it a cosmopolitain society, as it tied more people down to Magadishu making it there new or second home.

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Goods traded:
- Myrrh
- Ivory
- Gold
- Slaves
Ibn throught that Zelia was the "stinkiest and dirtiest town in the world" as they would butcher camels and fish in the allys. The people were also disagreeable,

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Ibn was able to easily travel because...
1) He was a muslim and visited muslim lands
2) Took advanatge of islamic hospitality and charity
3) He used the momnsoon seasons to travel effectively