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| • | Employment
opportunities for |
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individuals remained |
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| • | Merchants
amassed large |
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| fortunes
through supplying |
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| urban needs
and from long- |
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| distance
trade to India, Southeast |
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| Asia, China,
North Africa, and |
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| Europe. |
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| • | Artists and
artisans created |
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| mosques,
palaces, tapestries, |
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| rugs, bronzes,
and ceramics. |
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