Classical Period Trade Timeline By laceylayton 1000 BCE Start of Classical Era 1000 BCE Bananas 1000 BCE Sugar Cane 700 BCE Indigo Plant 600 BCE Silk 600 BCE Iron 550 BCE Achaemenid Empire 500 BCE Saddles 500 BCE Cinnamon 324 BCE Mauryan Empire 300 BCE Frankincense 300 BCE Myrrh 206 BCE Cloves 202 BCE Han Dynasty 100 BCE Pearls 100 BCE Pepper