Question

Study the Chart below and use it to help you answer the question below:



6. Which of the following is the best summary of the above chart?

(1 point)

Cairo was a site of encounter for people during the time of the Islamic Empire.

Slaves were imported from Europe and Sub Saharan Africa to be traded in Cairo, resulting in cultural exchange in the Islamic empire.

Cairo was important to the Islamic Empire, because of its location along possible invasion routes from other civilizations.

People from different cultures often encountered each other in Cairo exchanging trade goods and ideas, because of its location in the middle of trade networks

Answer 1

People from different cultures often encountered each other in Cairo exchanging trade goods and ideas, because of its location in the middle of trade networks.

This best captures the chart’s emphasis on Cairo as a crossroads of trade and cultural contact.