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Mountains such as the Pamir Mountains made trade difficult, so traders often avoided them.
Mountains such as the Pamir Mountains made trade difficult, so traders often avoided them.
Lack of water along the Silk Road caused traders to flock to oases to survive.
Lack of water along the Silk Road caused traders to flock to oases to survive.
Maritime trade routes were developed throughout the Silk Road to avoid the mountains.
Maritime trade routes were developed throughout the Silk Road to avoid the mountains.
Deserts were flat and easy to travel across, so traders often went across them.
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The best explanation of how physical geography impacted trade along the Silk Road is:
Lack of water along the Silk Road caused traders to flock to oases to survive.
This response highlights how the availability of resources, such as water in oases, directly influenced trade routes and the movement of traders across the arid regions of the Silk Road.
