This trade route connected the luxury goods of China all the way to Europe. Caravanserais were set up along the route. Buddhism and Islam
were the dominant religions along the trade route. *
Atlantic
Silk Roads
Trans-Saharan
Indian Ocean

Another similarity between the IOTN and trans-Saharan trade network was that although the Mongol Empire was not directly a player in either of these regions, it facilitated trade along the Silk Road which in turn allowed for more trade between regions in these trade networks (IOTN and trans-Saharan) and those in the  trade route got started because of two factors: camels and the spread of Islam. Camels made trade faster because they could endure long hours of travel through the Sahara without water and increased the number of goods coming back greater.The Silk Road consisted of a succession of trails followed by caravans through Central Asia, about 6,400 km in length. ... Merchants with their caravans were shipping goods back and forth from one trade center to the other. In addition to silk, major commodities traded included gold, jade, tea, and spices.

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