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Ubar was used for incense trade and sale.
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Sturdy cargo ships designed to transport large amounts of trade good.
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Jar burials were widely practiced. They are evidence of early voyage and migration.
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During Roman Empire, spices, myrrh, frankincencse, pearls and textiles were shipped through Berenike to Alexandria and Rome.
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Canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea was made to improve trade with Indian Ocean lands.
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Hanno sailed around W. Africa and established several colonies along the Moroccan coast. He also established a trading post on a small island off the coast of Mauritania.
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Helped establish the livelihood for nomads.
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Alexander brought Greek art and culture into many lands and laid the foundation for cultural exchange.
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Berenike was used as a harbor for importing African elephants from Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. Traded exclusively with India. They exchanged: cloth, pottery, beads, wood, and bamboo.
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Cloves were considered a luxury good in China. It was an important part of trade and connected SouthEast Asia to the Asian mainland.
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Exported particularly to Rome for spiritual rituals and sacrifice.
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Was the a trade center on the SE coast of India. Important for trade with Rome.
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Used for trade and money reflecting it's high value and importence. It connected the Mediterranean, Middle East, Central Asia, and China. It encoraged merchants to travel abroad and seek luxury goods like silk.
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Isodorus wrote several books documenting the georaphics of the vast region. This included overland trade routes and posts between the near east and Asia.
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Alexandria became the center of the trade route. It connected Rome, inner Africa, the deserts of the Arabian Peinsula, and Asia.
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They had a system of canals and moats. Merchants from China, India, and Western and local Asia, met to do business.
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Natural History encyclopedia was written. It proved trade between the Roman Empire and the Arabian Peninsula. It was the most detaild Roman work ever produced. It was a major guide for scientists until the middle ages.
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These coins are an example of how trade resulted in the blending of religious and cultural ideas. These were based on the Roman coins.
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A navigation device used by Arab navigators in the Indian Sea.
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A navigation tool where people followed constilations and the north star to get around.