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They traded textiles and luxury items. It profited from trade routes.

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Ibn Battuta describes Alexandria as a place of beauty comparable only to a few other cities. This shows that they have the power to treat their guests good have a beautiful city structure.

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Cairo traded gold, papyrus, linen and grains.

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Cairo is a city in Egypt, and Neterism (Egyptian Mythology) was practiced, pharaohs were all powerful and architectural innovation was blooming.

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Salt and gold were the main things traded in Timbuktu.

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Gold, salt and books were the main things traded at Timbuktu.

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Timbuktu’s culture was heavily influenced by the trade and power it had in the Trans Saharan trade route.

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Melaka traded silk, porcelain, fish roe and fish, camphor and sandalwood.

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Melaka, or Malacca, practiced Islam, and was another place that Zheng He mentioned in his travels.

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Hormuz is an example of an island that would have been incapable of reach without naval technology.

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Zheng Ye stopped at this island during the fifteenth year of Yongle. The king presented him with lions, leopards, and horses.

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Calicut exported many luxurious items like spices and sugar. It also played a massive role in coastal trading.

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Calicut had spice, silk, and exotic animals it was a really crucial port of trade that had a huge impact on trade, which in turn influenced its culture.

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Suju, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, China

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Suju, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, China

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Suju, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, China

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The Chinese had silks, and the most innovative of all, they had paper money.

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Suju, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, China

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Suju, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, China

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Suju, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, China

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Marco Polo described the people as skilled craftsmen who could conquer the world if they had soldiers. This shows that they were very trade based.

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oil, wine, salt, fish, meat, vegetables, wax and timber were traded.

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Known today as Istanbul, back then, it was Constantinople. They were the first city who designated Christianity as their capital religion.

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Things that were traded in Uzbekistan

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Spices, gold, silks, wine, and ivory.