How were the trans-Saharan trade routes different from the silk Road? A.Merchants on the trans-Saharan routes helped to spread lslam; the Silk Road was not influenced by Islam B. Salt was traded on the trans-Saharan trade routes; salt was not traded on the Silk Road. C. Trans-Saharan trade routes were primarily land based; the Silk Road was both land and sea based D. Trans-Saharan routes restricted trade to within Africa; the Silk Road restricted trade to areas within Asia

The option c Trans-Saharan trade routes were primarily land based; the Silk Road was both land and sea based is correct. This is the difference between trans-Saharan trade routes and the silk Road.

What is trans-Saharan trade routes and the silk Road?

Due to their differences in geography, they depended on different things. The Eurasian Silk Roads depended greatly on political stability to keep trade going.
The Trans-Saharan trade routes depended on political stability as well.

The silk route : was a caravan track stretched west along the Great Wall of China, across the Pamirs, through Afghanistan, and into the Levant and Anatolia. Its length was about 4,000 miles.
where as the the other route was a huge caravans of camels and merchants transported goods across the desert. Trade across the Sahara linked the great kingdoms of West Africa to the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds.

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