HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Silk Road
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Indian Ocean
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Tran-Saharan Trade Route
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Atlantic Ocean trade
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Manicheism spread across this vast region via both land and maritime routes, as travellers absorbed elements of the new cultures they encountered and carried them back to their homelands with them.
Detailed explanation-2: -The silk road was a network of paths connecting civilizations in the East and West that was well traveled for approximately 1, 400 years. Merchants on the silk road transported goods and traded at bazaars or caravanserai along the way.
Detailed explanation-3: -In c. 1200, major trade routes ran from Europe across Asia, and to northern Africa – including Tunis, Tripoli and the Nile Delta – into sub-Saharan East and West Africa. The Black and Caspian Seas were important trade centres, acting as hubs for trading routes to and from Africa, Asia and Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The maritime trade network in the Indian Ocean was runt by the Austronesian peoples of Island Southeast Asia.