Indian Ocean Trade

By Miranda.Kollock
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Bananas spread as crop and food to China and parts of the Middle East
  • 1000 BCE

    Suger Cane

    originated in Southeast Asia and then reached India by 1000 BCE
  • 771 BCE

    Zhou Kingdom

    Zhou Kingdom ends in China
  • 600 BCE

    Religion Spread

    Between 600 and 300 BCE, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southwest Asia.
  • 600 BCE

    Trade networks

    three large trade networks developed between 600 BCE and 600 CE: the Silk Road, the Indian Ocean Trade, and the Saharan Trade
  • 600 BCE

    Coins

    Greek coins were introduced
  • 600 BCE

    Iron and Silk

    Silk was introduced into the trade system by china. Silk was highly prized in India, the Middle East and the Roman Empire
  • 507 BCE

    Roman Republic

    The Roman Republic begins
  • 500 BCE

    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon and cassia arrived in the Gulf of Aden on the monsoon winds at least from around 500 BEC
  • 430 BCE

    Plague

    The Athenian Plague killed 1/3 of the population.
  • 356 BCE

    Art Trade

    Alexander the great founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, and became the major center of art and trade.
  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the great conquers western Asia
  • 321 BCE

    Expansion

    there was a great expansion trade between the main centers of civilization in Eurasia ad Africa
  • 300 BCE

    Land Trade

    By 300-200 B.C. land trade routes extended across the desert.
  • 206 BCE

    Rules in China

    Han Dynasty rules in china until 221 CE
  • 200 BCE

    Funan

    Funan's ships controlled trade between China and India.
  • 100 BCE

    Pepper

    Peppercorns were and important part of the spice trade
  • 50 BCE

    Funan

    dominates Indochina and the Isthmus of Kra in Southeast Asia
  • 31 BCE

    Caesar

    Caesar Augustus rules the Roman Empire
  • 431

    Peloponnesian War

    Peloponnesian War was where the Athens and Sparta fought over rival claims to a colonial city-state.