where did merchants work in the middle ages
The middle East
Northern Africa continued to develop through trade with the Islamic centers of the Middle East
Merchants were in middle class.
Merchants.
Muslims
The desert biome stretches across northern Africa.
Libya is at the northern extreme (and middle North) of the continent of Africa. If you were in Libya, and pressed too hard to the North, you would fall into the Mediterranean Sea.
Arabs are located in the Middle East and in Northern Africa
The renaissance spread to northern Europe by, when the renaissance started in Italy spread over to northern Europe and lands on the Middle East and Africa.
where did merchants work in the middle ages
You are correct, it is not. The Middle East is the region consisting of northern Africa and southwestern Asia. :)
Libya is on the north coast of Africa. i.e. technically it's Northern Africa. It is not a part of the traditional definition of the Middle East, but a part of the Greater Middle East. Note, Lybia's northern border is the Mediterranean Ocean so one could say it is a ""Mediterranean" country.
The middle East
Merchants were in middle class.
Africa lies in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres. The equator runs approximately through the middle of Africa. So the answer is yes and no.
Africa is in the middle of the earth meaning that Africa is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.