Compare the growth of the networks of exchange along the Silk Roads and the Indian Ocean trade network. a) Identify ONE similarity between the economic factors that encouraged trade on the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean trade networks in the period from 1200 to 1450 CE.

b) Identify ONE difference between the technologies used to expand trade on the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean trade networks in the period from 1200 to 1450 CE.

c) Identify ONE similarity between the cultural effects of the development of trade on the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean trade networks in the period from 1200 to 1450 CE.