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Throughout the history Indian Ocean Trade, the demand for luxury goods grew. When King Alagakkonara demanded for gold this shows how it is an iteam of great value if someone (especially a king) would go such great lengths for the product.

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Malacca was a port city which gave easy access to trade with partners. The canal is the most heavily traveled routes in the world. Giving Malacca much exposure to merchants and other cultures. Although this could have made them vulnerable to the many travelers.

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Predominately Islam, but also has many Christians. Malacca was a costal city. Which reflected throughout Malaccan society with trade.

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This document shows how fascinating wood was to everyone. This meant wood was an important product when it came to trading in the silk roads.

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This is the Calicut trading port where all types of items were traded. The most common products traded was spices and sugar. 

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This image shows the rich Hindu temples in Calicut. This shows how important their religion was to their culture and how everyone would pray in these temples.

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Here Ibn Battutu is making a stop at Tilimsan where he stays for 3 days. In this time he consults with God. This shows how important religion and culture is.

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This image shows the types of traders and how in specifically in Tilimsan. Here salt and gold was heavily emphasized for when it came to trading. 

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This image shows the mosques built in Tilimsan for the people to pray for their religion which celebrates their culture.

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This image shows how most merchants in the trading business transported by. Items that were traded was nuts, slaves, and gold.

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This image captures the Red City of Marrakech. This picture shows the architecture used for their city and how that is an important value to their culture. 

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Considering Timbuktu, Mail is in the middle of the desert, camels were commonly used for transportation. Merchants had to travel great distances to trading partners. They mainly traded salt, books and gold.

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Like other cities along the Trans Saharan Trade Route, Islam was spread to Timbuktu as well. Timbuktu had extravagant architecture displayed throughout their mosques.

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Hangzhou mainly traded silk, tea and porcelain. This boosted their economy and exposed them to new cultures.

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While Indian Ocean trade was at its peak so was Islam. Merchants were not only trading goods but also ideas and religions. In addition, culture in general was exposed to new traditions and the local ingenious cultures faced new ideas, traditions, and innovations.

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This picture shows how innovative China was with merchants always trading. Products that were traded for their porcelain, tea, paper, and especially their silk.

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Since trade was so relevant in Chinese culture, there was exposure to outside religions. Such as, Muslim, ancient mosques still today can be seen around Xi’ An China.

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This shows a map of the Silk Road through Turkey. Commodities that were traded was slaves furs beeswax and honey for silk. 

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This picture shows the mosques at Istanbul (Constantinople). This shows the  cultural aspect of the city with mosques where they pray. 