... traders and the two thousand ships belonged to the Sultan, shows that Muslim cities at that time period were on the trade routes and were important in keeping trades going. Italian merchant Marco Polo's (Doc #5) picture of another prosperous city on the trade route, Tabriz, focuses more on the trading activities happening in the city, and from his perspective, commerce and ... ...

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