The second option, i believe
Ships.
Sea transportation was just right at that time as it can carry loots, spoils of war , enough fire power to conquer new colonies, and also food and necessities for sojourners ,seafaring soldiers and traders. Even exploration of unknown territories was also done with the help of sea transportation.
Answer: A primary appeal of Buddhism is that it offers and answer to many of the general cares and concerns of people without reliance on a god or gods which require human subservience and that sweep down to impose control. In Buddhism a person's progress form their present state to enlightenment, and the potential for release from the cycle of death and re-birth and suffering, is entirely up to them
From life after death to the benefits of worldly living.
As the Cold War heated up in the 1950s, the United States made decisions on foreign policy with the goal of containing communism. To maintain its hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. intervened in Guatemala in 1954 and removed its elected president, Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, on the premise that he was soft on communism.