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People who had a higher social class were welcomed by local officials and given gifts and they owned ships to trade with others.

We understand the movement of ibn Battuta better and how the coast or land affected trade and what religions and languages were at what places on the map.

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They enslaved the Zinj people

They were traded as gifts to do tasks for them

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It is cosmopolitan because immigrants with different backgrounds would marry locals and locals would also adapt Chinese ideas and materials

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It is cosmopolitan bc merchants brought their languages, culture and religion to the region
also trading ports also had black Africans speaking African languages. This proves they are accepting of people from many different countries and new ideas.

Intermarriage made society more diverse and more accepting of new ideas that others brought.

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They traded meat such as fish and camel meat.

He thought it was the dirtiest, most disagreeable, and most stinking town in the world because of all the meat

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Each site there were Muslims who welcomed him. As he was part of a international brotherhood

The triangular sail made it easier to sail

Ships would use monsoon winds that would make them travel faster