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The resulting stability brought by Mongol rule opened these ancient trade routes to a largely undisturbed exchange of goods between peoples from Europe to East Asia. Along the Silk Road, people traded goods such as horses, porcelain, jewels, silk, paper, and gun powder.
Two reasons off the top of my head would be the fact that the Muslims or the Ottoman Empire not to mention the Mongolian raiders made travel hard for caravans of European traders...often attacking them and stealing their goods or leveling high taxes on goods going through their territories. OR BOTH...
The Italians had a monopoly on Mediterranean trade. Traders refused to carry silk or cinnamon. They had ships that desperately needed employment. Ottoman Turks had captured Constantinople. Extremely high prices were caused by the difficulty of moving Eastern goods to Europe. Ships traveling water routes could carry more goods.
They established sea trade routes, which helped in the spread of ideas and goods
They established sea trade routes, which helped in the spread of ideas and goods
In general, they used trade routes. On land they used camels to carry goods and caravans to actually travel in. When they were near water they used ships.
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Baghdad traded goods and ideas along the silk road.
Baghdad has traditionally been at the western end of the Silk Road. Merchants in Baghdad would send goods from central Asia west toward the Mediterranean.
routes people took to trade food and goods
According to what I have read, the people in Baghdad traded many things, such as:clothesspicesmaterialsporcelainvegetablesand many other exotic goods
Baghdad became such an important center of world trade because Baghdad provided goods that people wanted like gold,silver, iron, pearls, and food. People would come to get those goods, and Baghdad will get money and they became an important center of world trade. :D
Baghdad was a popular place to trade in the 8th and 9th century because of it's fertility, tempered climate, closeness to water and connection to trade routes. It also provided goods, such as spices, clothing, porcelain, precious metals and jewels and other exotic items.
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Cultures, people, and goods spread out and mixed