Classical Period Trade

By smb2020
  • Bananas
    1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Began to trade bananas.
  • Sugar Cane
    1000 BCE

    Sugar Cane

    Travelers began to trade sugar cane.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300 BCE

    Classical Period

  • 800 BCE

    Rise of Greek City States

    The rise of Greek city-states becomes dominant over Athens and Sparta
  • 800 BCE

    Spread of Olmec Civilization

    The Olmec civilization began the cultivation of maze, potatoes, and the domestication of turkeys and dogs.
  • 700 BCE

    Flowering of Greek Architecture

  • 600 BCE

    Spread of Religions

    Multiple religions began to spread between 600 and 300 B.C.E. For example, religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia.
  • Currency
    600 BCE

    Currency

    Travelers began to trade using Greek coin currency.
  • 600 BCE

    Silk & Iron

    Travelers began to trade silk and iron.
  • 600 BCE

    Decline of Silk Road

    Due to the crash of the classical empires of China, India, and Rome, the silk road began to decline.
  • 550 BCE

    Cyrus the Great forms the Persian Empire

  • 500 BCE

    Greek & Roman Sailors & Traders

    Greek & Roman sailors & traders entered the Indian Ocean. They were sent by Persian ruler Darius I.
  • Saddles
    500 BCE

    Saddles

    Travelers began to trade saddles.
  • Cinnamon
    500 BCE

    Cinnamon

    Travelers began to trade cinnamon.
  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian Wars Begins

  • 404 BCE

    Peloponnesian Wars End

  • Alexander the Great
    326 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great sent Nearchus from the Indus to the Arabian Gulf. Other Greeks followed by sailing to India and around the Arabian Peninsula to Oman.
  • 264 BCE

    Punic Wars Begin

  • 250 BCE

    Smallpox

    Around 250 B.C.E, smallpox had arrived in China with the Huns due to contact with the Roman civilization along the silk roads.
  • 166 BCE

    Disease Pathogens

    Due to the immense movement of people and trade, disease began to spread. By 166 B.C.E disease had spread across locations such as Rome and China.
  • 146 BCE

    Punic Wars End

  • Pepper
    100 BCE

    Pepper

    Travelers began to trade pepper.
  • 100 BCE

    Root Crops

    Root crops were introduced to southern Africa throughout trade.
  • 100 BCE

    Hellenistic Period Ends

  • 300

    Hellenistic Period Begins

  • 509

    Beginnings of the Roman Republic