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Tunis, Tunisia

I was transported by caravan across the dry Sahara to this place, which was also inhabited by Muslims. We were surrounded by the Mediterranean waters on the upper borders but the place was still mostly desert. The journey was long and exhausting, as we endured scorching temperatures.

Cairo, Egypt

Tripoli, Libya

We traveled across conditions similar to the Tripoli journey: dry desert with a few oasis towns littered across the Mediterranean Coast. Islam was predominant here, and I saw the Great Pyramids of Giza as I passed through the Egyptian Empire.

My journey continued by caravan near the slightly milder Mediterranean coast. The place was still predominantly desert, but I met a few oasis towns along the way. The people who inhabited here practiced Islamic Faith as well.

Cambay, India

Taghaza, Mali

Eventually we made our way to Cambay, India, our final destination. Cambay was a very important trading center in the Silk road, this is where most ships came to port. Salt was quite expensive on the silk road. 1 mane of salt was 12.88 american dollars. Eventually when I reach my final stop I will be used as a spice or to preserve food.

I was dug up from a nearby salt mine by slaves, as I was a vital and expensive export. The people who lived here were Muslims. The landscape of this place was all sand. No vegetation inhabited the place. Of course, being in the Sahara, this was not unexpected.

Arabian Sea

Red Sea

For most of the trip through the Red Sea the waters were calm. Nearing the end of our journey across the Red Sea we received some damage to our hull. This made our ship an easy target for pirates. Not being a war ship we were almost completely defenseless. We were robbed of most of the goods and many of our crew was killed on the ship leaving the channel, but we managed to continue.

During the long trip to Cambay we were faced with nothing but violent storms. With our damaged hull we almost sunk many times. Most of the crew was focused on getting the water out of the ship, rather then tending to the sails. Which cost us our main mast.

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