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Bananas spread as crop and food to China and parts of the Middle East
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originated in Southeast Asia and then reached India by 1000 BCE
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Zhou Kingdom ends in China
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Between 600 and 300 BCE, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southwest Asia.
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three large trade networks developed between 600 BCE and 600 CE: the Silk Road, the Indian Ocean Trade, and the Saharan Trade
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Greek coins were introduced
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Silk was introduced into the trade system by china. Silk was highly prized in India, the Middle East and the Roman Empire
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The Roman Republic begins
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Cinnamon and cassia arrived in the Gulf of Aden on the monsoon winds at least from around 500 BEC
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The Athenian Plague killed 1/3 of the population.
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Alexander the great founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, and became the major center of art and trade.
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Alexander the great conquers western Asia
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there was a great expansion trade between the main centers of civilization in Eurasia ad Africa
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By 300-200 B.C. land trade routes extended across the desert.
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Han Dynasty rules in china until 221 CE
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Funan's ships controlled trade between China and India.
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Peppercorns were and important part of the spice trade
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dominates Indochina and the Isthmus of Kra in Southeast Asia
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Caesar Augustus rules the Roman Empire
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Peloponnesian War was where the Athens and Sparta fought over rival claims to a colonial city-state.