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Marrakech was strongly influenced by Arab, Berber, and Islamic civilizations so there were many Muslims living in the area. As a result many mosques were built.

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Marrakech exported gold, ivory, leather, and ceramics.

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Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual center for Islam. It’s location in between the crossroads made it so that it was influenced by people from the east and the west.

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Mali exported salt and gold during the silk trade. There were also enslaved people that were traded during the Silk Road trade.

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Pg. 50-55 says that there is a large number of religious establishments called Khanqahs in Cairo. There is a separate school of darwishes which are highly educated Persians that separate each of these establishments. This is relevant to the topic because religion and different ideals spread through the Silk Road.

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Islam was spread through the Silk Road and became popular in the North African region. Many grand mosques were built and they were extravagant architectural pieces.

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Some commodities that were traded in Cairo included silk, spices, tea, ivory, and precious metals.

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Doc B shows the flow of trade in the Indian Ocean trade. Calicut was in the center of that, which means that there exports went everywhere and they also got some of everyone’s trades. More culture, innovation, and items for them

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Kinship tie were common beliefs. They also believed in magic

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Pottery and porcelain were the main exports from Madagascar 

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The primary religion was Hinduism, along with its culture, however, Buddhism and Islam were there

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Spices and sugar were the main exports in Calicut.

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Because of the caste system, Hinduism never rally spread outside of India despite booming trade throughout the south East and southwest.

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Doc B shows the flow of trade throughout China and Southeast Asia. This also shows the spread of different innovation as they were traded to other, neighboring countries and states. Therefore, the spread and flow of trade can be inferred as the spread of culture in different regions

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Paper was invented in china and soon became known to many countries. Merchants would travel far to get paper and many countries benefited from this.

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Spices were popular for trade in India and merchants would travel there just to get their hands on them.

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Diamonds and soap were popular items exported from Baghdad along the Silk Road. They also traded cotton and camel fur.

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Baghdad was one of the biggest and most popular trade centers during the time of the Silk Road. It was a center of learning.

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The silk road trade brought theatric performance, dance and music art to Delhi.

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Beijing was a major trading center in the Silk Road. It spread many ideals and also Buddhism came into China due to the Silk Road. Many inventions that China made also spread through the Silk Road.