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The Indian Ocean Trade relied on the predictable monsoon winds

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Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Kanem, and the city-states of the Hausa people developed due to the Trans-Saharan Trade.

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Took root in Srivijaya giving kings a holy right to rule

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These sailors attempted to control trade between China and Southeast Asia, but instead caused warfare with commercial rivals

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The Sailors also introduced the xylophone

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Gave up on cultivating food to produce luxury goods

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Those Sailors also caused the extinction of the elephant bird.

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Both routes Utilized waterways to transport items faster and in larger loads.

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Both routes Connect mostly secluded areas to the larger world

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goods such as horses and metals; levied duties on salt, copper, and products.

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This route connected inner African people to the mediterranean basin and in tun the rest of the world

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Their introduction allowed for this route to exist

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This Kingdom developed a embryonic bureaucracy and strong naval force to protect their strait the Indian ocean trade route ran through

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Made their way to the Madagascar Island and introduced Banana's, Coconut, and Taro

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Merchants that bought and sold items throughout the mediterranean basin

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These two helped spread the buddhist religion into central asia.

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It was also used to bribe mongols from attacking china and to buy goods

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Accepted by many merchants and people because of it's openness to peasants and connection to india

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For a Wile China had a monopoly on its production and, It became a major symbol of power in China and Byzantine.

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Central Asian merchants that introduced buddhism into China.