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The Zhou Kingdom comes in an end in China.
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Bananas from Africa were beginning to get traded to China and other parts of the Middle East.
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Aryan people began to settle in India.
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Iron smelting was practiced by the Nok culture of Nigeria from as early as 1000 BC. It is well known in Western Asia, Southeastern Europe, and North Africa.
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Kaveripattanam was the capital, and major port city of the early Chola Kings of the Tamil state.
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Historians think that long-distance trades from Egypt and Mesopotamia declined during the second half of the millennium trade when it expanded among new groups of people. Several strong states existed at this time. For example: the Mauryan Empire of India, the Persian Empire, the Roman Empire in Europe,
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The Phoenicians dominated trade and travel during the first millennium B.C.E. They specialized in making glass-products. They imported and exported items such as spices, wine, cedar wood, olives and olive oil, wheat, metals, and honey.
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China developed multiple strong trade ties along the Silk Roads.
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Until the invasion of Egypt by the Assyrians in 666 B.C.E, the kings of Meroe ruled as pharaohs in Egypt. Meroe had the mineral ores and fuels needed to produce mass amounts of iron. That kind of technology allowed Meroe to flourish. Also with the help of it's extensive trade with Egypt and the Mediterranean.
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Persian people migrated from Asia to Iran.
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Nubia dominates Egypt.
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The earliest evidence of textiles dyed utilizing a chemical dyeing process is based on an industrial dyeing plant. Indigo became a part of the goods in the trade.
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Aksum, linked to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade networks by its port city of Adulis. Aksum controlled the extremely profitable African gold and ivory trade. It exported gems, gold, incense, spices, and ivory to Greece, Sri Lanka, India, and Persia.
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Iron Metallurgy becomes known and practiced throughout China.
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Coins were used for currency.
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China exported highly prized silk to India, the Middle East, and the Roman Empire.
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Dhows and Lateen sails along with Monsoon winds, were allowed to travel long distance trading. From the Western Mediterranean to the South China Sea, they carried goods for the trade.
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Jainism and Hinduism spread across the Bay of Bengal--to Southeast Asia.
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Confucius is created, and the philosophy of Confucianism begins.
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Roman Republic begins.
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Roman and Greek sailors and traders began to enter the Indian Ocean. This added additional goods and innovations being traded across the Indian Ocean.
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Hanno sailed around the western coast of Africa. He established colonies and a trading post off of the coast of Mauritania.
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The camel saddle was developed in Northern Arabia, which allowed camels to transport even more goods for trading.
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A spice that was important in the trades.
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Hanno finds the West African coast and explores the land.
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The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta fought over rival claims to a colonial city-state. During the second year of this war, a massive plague called the "Athenian Plague" broke out. The attempt to invade Sicily cost Athens more than 200 ships, 4,500 men and numerous trading allies.
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The Athenian Plague was an illness that killed one-third of the entire population, including Pericles.
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The conquests of Alexander the Great laid the foundation for centuries of interaction and cultural exchanges. He founded the city of Alexandria, located in Egypt; which would become a major spot for art and trade.
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The Ptolemaic Kings take their ruling in Egypt.
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There was a great expansion in trade between main centers of civilization in Eurasia and Africa during the period of Mauryan Rule.
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Oceanic trading system in place across Afro-Eurasian continents by the last centuries of B.C.E.
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The land based trade routes in Northern Africa were established through the Sahara, allowing more trading.
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The Indian subcontinent was central as a producer and consumer in this vast network.
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Routes extended across the desert for land trade.
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Ashoka created contact which helped influence the establishment of new trade relations.
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The Sassanid Empire rules in Persia, until Arab Muslims defeat them.
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Cloves were traded from Europe, to China. Romans also imported cloves; they were important for the spice trade.
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Buddhism was discovered through the cross of Indian and Chinese cultures, due to the influences of the trade routes.
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In the Roman Empire, pearls were an ideal item for trading because of their tiny size.
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The watermill, stern-post rudder, and horse collar were all created.
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Pepper was a big spice used in Indian cooking.
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Funan conquers Indochina, and the Isthmus of Kra in Southeast Asia.
