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What motivated and sustained the long distance commerce

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Answer:

Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads?

Step-by-step explanation:

The desire of elites for hard-to-find luxury items

from distant parts of the Eurasian network, as well as

the accumulation of wealth, especially among

merchants who participated in the trade, motivated

long-distance commerce. Sustaining the commerce were the support of empires and smaller states that benefited directly from the trade; the spread of religious traditions, including Islam and Buddhism, that through shared beliefs tied merchants and sometimes whole societies together over wide regions; and the development of technologies like larger ships and the magnetic compass.

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