There are many driving forces that have constantly directed the course of history, since man formed the first primitive society; undeniably, one of the most important factors that played such a vital role were the trade networks that stretched across Eurasia. Although there are many different trade routes that have taken shape during our last 2000 years of history; however, the two most important would be the Silk Road, which connected Rome to the Far East (China and Japan) and the Indian Ocean trade networks, which was the primary means of trade for many states located near the Indian Ocean. Both the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean trade route actively changed the social and political landscape across Eurasia by acting as a bridge to spread new ideas and technologies and also changing dynamics not only between classes within one state, but also between different states. across Eurasia. In his article, Christian offered a new possibility to explain the origin of the Silk Road: The inner Eurasian steppes were occupied, probably from the fourth millennium BC, and certainly from 3000 BC, by communities practicing extensive and mobile forms of horses. pastoralism, which ensured that their contacts and influence extended over large areas. Indeed, the emergence of mobile pastoral ways of life should probably be considered the true explanation for the origin of the trans-Eurasian trade network that the Silk Roads came to symbolize. However, knowing this, one might ask how such trivial connections between small pastoralism and nomadic societies created one of the most important trade networks that ever existed? The key to this success was partly due to the important geographical advantage (center...... middle of paper......foods and tributes from various states. In other words, the Ocean trade route India acted as another bridge (alternative to the ancient Silk Road) to connect the West and the Far East. Even though the two Roads were completely different, from a means of travel to a sphere of influence (with the Road of Silk focused on the increase in importance of the Silk Road) Central Asia and the Indian Ocean focused on the states along the Indian Ocean ;) however, it is undeniable that both shared similar characteristics: they helped spread ideas and technology in across Eurasia, improved religious tolerance, created powerful states along their way... No matter how you look at history, both trade routes undoubtedly left a profound impact on people's way of life, not only limited to the Indian Ocean or Central Asia, but to the world and its future as a whole.