1. Muslim Cities of the Post-Classical Age
... 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 manufactures made the merchants who probably came from all over the inside and outside of Muslim world in the city wealthy. But he also mentions that the inhabitants of Tabriz, in general, were poor, and that's where his ... Muslim history, it's unlikely that he was present at all the events he wrote about, so it's totally possible that his narrations might not be one hundred percent true and...
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