Silk Roads:
Silk road trading networks prospered most when large and powerful states provided security for merchants and travelers. Silk road trade flourished again during the seventh and eighth centuries
Sea Roads:
Grew out of the vast environmental and cultural diversities of the region. Transportation costs were lower on the Sea Roads than on the Silk Roads because ships could accommodate larger and heavier cargoes than camels. This meant that the Sea Roads could eventually carry more bulk goods and products destined for a mass market.
Sand Roads: across the vast reaches of he Sahara
Commercial networks had a transforming impact, stimulating and enriching West Africa civilization and connecting it to larger patterns of world history during the third wave era.
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