The Silk Road route was predominantly on land and crossed water ways at the Mediterranean Sea while the Indian Ocean trade route moved predominantly on water (Indian Ocean) between ports. ... The products that went across both routes included silk and spices from the East and processed textiles from the West.
Definitely A..partly because at the time in Europe the land routes to Asia were becoming increasingly dangerous to cross as such goods from the middlemen or merchants that made these trips became expensive also the persons that controlled the routes to Asia through particularly Turkey weren't allowing specific persons to cross to trade with East india
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