Classical Period, the Indian Ocean

By Tmellette
  • 3000 BCE

    First Interactions

  • 3000 BCE

    Origins of Indian Ocean trade routes

  • 2500 BCE

    Ancient Fishing Boats

    The ancient fishing boats were used for setting out from the coast and to use to sail.
  • Period: 2300 BCE to 1760 BCE

    Cotton Textiles

    India traded and also they produced cotton textiles, replacing wool clothing worn in many countries around the world
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Bananas were cultivated in other places in Southeast Asia .
  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane

    Sugar Cane origins in Southeast Asia. By 1,000 BCE sugar cane had reached India where it was on a larger scale .
  • 1000 BCE

    Aryan People

    Aryan people began to settle in India.
  • 1000 BCE

    Beginning of significant East African gold trade

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Centers of trade shift from ports of the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea

  • 700 BCE

    Indigo Dye

    The Indigo plant was a plant found in the early 7th century BCE. Chinese silks were also dyed with indigo during this period.
  • 600 BCE

    Iron and Silk

    China introduced iron and silk into the trade system. China would export the silk to many countries. The main countries the China would trade the silk to was India, Middle East and the Roman Empire .
  • 600 BCE

    Greek Coin Currency

    The coin was currency introduced .
  • Period: 100 BCE to 700 BCE

    Aksum

    Aksum inked to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade networks by its port city of Adulis, Aksum controlled the profitable African gold and ivory trade.
  • 1498

    First Appearance

    New mariners made their first appearance in the Indian Ocean

  • VOC

    European power appeared in the Indian Ocean: the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

  • British East India Company

    The British joined in with their British East India Company, which challenged the VOC for control of the trade routes.