Classical Period Indian Ocean Trade

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  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane

  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300 BCE

    Classical Period Indian Ocean Trade

    Historians believe that trade from Egypt and Mesopotamia may have decreased somewhere around 1000 BCE. During the second half of the millennium, trade expanded throughout new groups of people.
    Mauryan Empire (323-185 BCE) of India, the Persian Empire, the Roman Empire in Europe, and the Han Dynasty in China were in existence at this time..
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 1 BCE

    Phoenicians dominate trade

    The Phoenicians dominated trade and travel during the first millennium and they specialized in making glass products. The Phoenicians imported and exported items such as wine, olives and olive oil, wheat, spices, metals, honey, and cedar wood.
  • Period: 751 BCE to 666 BCE

    Monroe

    Monroe had the mineral and fuels that were needed to produce iron on a large scale. That technology, and its extensive trade with Egypt and the Mediterranean, allowed Monroe to flourish.
  • 750 BCE

    Persian

  • 700 BCE

    Indigo Plant

  • Period: 700 BCE to 100 BCE

    Askum

    Aksum began using the Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade networks by Adulis. Aksum controlled the African gold and ivory trade by exporting gold, gems, spices, incense and ivory to Greece, India, Sri Lanka, and Persia.
  • 600 BCE

    Trade Networks

  • 600 BCE

    Greek Coins

  • 600 BCE

    Silk & Iron

  • Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE

    Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread

    Religion speads between 600 and 300 BCE, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia.
  • Period: 550 BCE to 330

    Achaemenid Empire

  • Period: 510 BCE to 515 BCE

    Scylax of Caryanda

    Scylax of Caryanda made a voyage into the Indian Ocean from 510-515 BCE and brought the news of the new regions that were friendly which encouraged trade expeditions.
  • 500 BCE

    Horse Saddles

  • 500 BCE

    Buddhism Religion

  • 500 BCE

    Cinnamon

  • 500 BCE

    Roman & Greek Sailors

  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

    Athens and Sparta fought over rival claims to a colonial city-state. During the 2nd year of this war, a massive plague called the Athenian Plague broke out. This attempt to invade Sicily cost Athens more than 200 ships, 4500 men and many trading allies.
  • Period: 430 BCE to 426 BCE

    Athenian Plague

    The Athenian Plague was a massive plague that killed 1/3 of the population, including Pericles.
  • 400 BCE

    Isthmus of Kra

  • 332 BCE

    Alexandria

    Alexandria was the center of trade routes connecting Rome to inner Africa, the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia
  • Period: 324 BCE to 185 BCE

    Mauryan Empire

  • Period: 321 BCE to 185 BCE

    Mauryan Rule

    During the period of Mauryan Rule, there was a great expansion in trade between main centers of civilization in Eurasia and Africa.
  • 300 BCE

    Frankencense

  • 300 BCE

    Berenike

    Berenike was a major center of international trade from the third century BCE until it decline in the sixth century CE. They traded with India, exchanging goods like cloth, pottery, beads, wood, and bamboo. During the Roman Empire, spices, myrrh, frankincense, pearls, and textiles were all shipped through Berenike to Alexandria and Rome.
  • Period: 300 BCE to 320 BCE

    Land Trade across the dessert

  • Period: 271 BCE to 232 BCE

    Ashoka

    Ashoka was one of the most famous Indian emperor who ruled from 271-232 B.C.E. He sent religious envoys abroad which encouraged contact and interactions that contributed to the establishment of trade relations.
  • Period: 202 BCE to 220 BCE

    Han Dynasty

  • Period: 33 BCE to 476

    Roman Empire

  • 100

    Pepper

  • Period: 356 to 323

    Alexandra the Great

    Alexandria the Great founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, which became a major center of art and trade. The conquests of Alexander the Great laid the foundation for centuries of interaction and cultural exchanges.