The European copying of the Arab treatise shows that European-Middle Eastern interactions and West
African-Middle Eastern interactions in the 14th
century differed in which of the following ways?
West Africans were net exporters rather than
importers of written works.
O West Africans adopted Arabic as a written language
rather than translating texts into existing systems of
writing.
West Africans were part of the Arab cultural-
linguistic group and so already were exposed to
these ideas about medicine and diet.
O West Africans did not exchange science or medical
knowledge with the Islamic world due to the greater
distance from major cities.