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DIFFERENCES (continued): ® Specialized in different types of technology: Silk Roads = saddles (helping merchants ftfravel farther and carry bigger loads) and caravanserai (little travel spots spread out over days tfravels so merchants can stop and refresh before moving on). Indian Ocean = Maritime technology ex. astrolabe + magnetic compass (helps w/ navigation) and sternpost rudder + lateen sail (to travel faster w/ more precision). Trans-saharan = saddles for horses and camels ® Differences in religions travelled along these roads: Silk Roads = Buddhism brought from south asia to east and south-east asig, Neoconfucianism from China to Japan, Korea, and Vietham, Islam from south-west asia to south asia. Indian Ocean Routes = Buddhism, Necofucianism, Islam, Christianity from mediterranean places. Trans- saharan = Islam from South-west Asia and North Africa to Sub- Saharan africa. Cultural Consequences: * Religions syncrentize ex: Zen buddhism. ® African Bantu people convert to Islam = Birth of Swahili language, mixture of arabic and Bantu * Opening of people’'s imaginations of places far beyond where they lived, their interest for places around the world bc of travelers like Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta @SCHOOLHELPYTEENS