Trade- Catie

People traveled the Silk Road using camels and other animals. Pastoral nomads often provided these camels and animals. The Silk Road was an important trade route because it not only helped distribute goods and services, but helped spread religious ideas. The ideas of Christianity and Zoroastrianism were distributed via the Silk Road. There were also military advancements due to the Silk Road. Chariot warfare spread from Central Asia to the East and west. Ships were the form of transportation of the Indian Ocean Maritime System. The Indian Ocean trading system affected marriages and cultural diversity because sailors married women local to port cities. As a result their families were bicultural and bilingual.