Trade/Written Language

Muslim Traders

            Muslim Traders exchanged goods with people in Africa and Asia. By the end of the A.D. 700's, Muslims controlled lands that reached east to the Indus River. The trade routes across the Sahara from northern Africa to western Africa were just one part of a vast network that linked Africa with Asia.

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Time of Culture

The growth of trade affected the lives of many people living in and near the Muslims Empire.The Egyptians traded a lot of glass with other cultures. Gold for example, changed the way the Muslims traded. The Muslims used gold from western Africa to make coins called dollars. Over the time, the dinar became the standard coin for trade.