Indian Ocean during Classical Period

By natynat28
  • 9000 BCE

    Transportation

    Methods used:
    - Ships
    -Inland caravanas
    *Its unclear how traveling was inland.
  • 8000 BCE

    Trading Networks

    • Maritime commerce operated on Monssoon winds.
    • By 3,000 B.C. travelers in small canoes and rafts moved between towns and trading posts along the coastlines from Arabia to the Indian subcontinent.
    • Routes connected Western Europe with East Asia.
    • Places from China, Rome, Persian Empire, Southern African Kingdoms.
    • Maritime trading system was rivaled by the inland Silk Road.
  • 7000 BCE

    Key advances

    -Primary sources: Documents, technologies, places, goods, geography, routes and objects
  • 3000 BCE

    Significant people that contributed to the classical trade

    • Chandragupta Maurya (340-297B.C.) Indian emperor that founded the Maurya Empire, from India into modern-day Pakistan. Prevented Macedonian King from conquering the far side of the Ganges. He went on to unite almost all of what is now India.
    • Han Dynasty, was the ruling family of China from 206B.C - 220A.D. (invented paper and the seismoscope)
    • Yu the Great, founder of Xia Dynasty (2205-1675B.C.E.), he teach people of China how to control raging rivers and prevent flood damage.
  • 2000 BCE

    Goods - Imports/exports

    -Millet and sorghum grains were imported from the Eastern African coast to the Harappan civilization.
    -Raw materials such as: Ivory, salt, animal skin, Chinese porcelain, gold, spindle whorls, Roman coins, Persian glassware, Arabian spices and exotic products.
    -Stone, clay and raw material were used to produce objects anchors to gold bullion.
    -India exported: gold, silver and copper.
    -Religious thought was also exported from India to southeast Asia: Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
  • 2000 BCE

    Glass beads

    They became a kind of currency.
    -It created wealth and power.
    -It built alliances.
    Beads the length of your arm could get you a cow or a certain number of chickens.
    Many of these goods made their way far inland.
  • 500 BCE

    Events that affected trade relationships

    -The Indian Ocean currents change seasonally, and traders had to wait for months until currents shifted in favor of the return voyage.
    -With the expansion of European exploration and China's withdrawal from international affairs, the worlds economic focus shifted westward.
  • 1400

    Secondary effects of trade

    -China had allowed mostly foreign traders, everyone wanted Chinese goods. But in 1405 however, Chinas new Ming Dynasty sent out the first of seven expeditions to visit all of the empires major trading partners. Admiral Zheng traveled all the way to East Africa, and back emissaries and trade goods from across the region.
    In 1498, European demand for Asian luxury goods was too high, but Europe had nothing to trade. Nobody needed, wool, fur clothing, iron cooking pots or other meager products.