Nomad

Islamic Middle East Cosmopolitan: Including many countries and cultures. Accurately describes the middle east. Economy: The area was not a completely integrated market. Each region produced most of its own food and cloth. Regional economies were centered on major towns and cities in the area. Pastoral nomads: traded wool and dairy produce for tools and other goods. Traveled between towns and cities. Merchants: Go betweens in many transactions, dealt in luxury items, made profits by transporting and selling goods that producers could not sell directly.