Analyze The Changes And Continuities Of Caravan Trade

Caravan trade was vital to the success of interregional trade routes such as the Trans-Saharan and Silk Road networks. They aided in transportation and mobility and served as vessels for the spread of ideals, commodities and technology. They adapted well into climates and terrain throughout Afro-Eurasia, becoming major conduits for long distance trade. “The domestication of camels around 1000 BC helped encourage trade routes over land, called caravans, and linked India with the Mediterranean” Trade was limited before the domestication of animals such as the camel. It was much harder to get from place to place without their assistance and as a result very little interregional trade occurred. Travelling merchants could not transport many heavy