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Using small rafts and canoes travelers would move to different towns and trading ports along the coastlines of Arabia to the Indian subcontinent.
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These boats where made with reeds, coated with bitumen and clay. They where fitted with square sails and steering oars, used for trading in the Arabian Gulf and beyond.
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Copper was widely used in ancient Mesopotamia and Iran, allowing them to make tools, weapons, utensils, and jewelry. Evidence shows that copper was imported from Oman.
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India introduced cotton textiles and began trading them, replacing wool clothing that was worn in most countries at the time.
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Bananas were found growing in Southeast Asia. Then were transported to India and Africa.
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Sugar Cane was a popular trade good during the Classical Era as it was used for sweetening and cooking. Sugar cane was very popular in Southeast Asia and located in India.
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At this point King David had established Jerusalem as a capital city.
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During this time the Nubian kingdom dominates in Egypt. They sailed in large vessels to kingdoms along the Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts. They mostly traded olive oil, ivory, incense, and ebony.
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During this time the trade of goods wasn't the only thing being traded. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia.
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Scylax of Caryanda went on a voyage into the Indian Ocean exploring in the service of King Darius of Persia. King Darius had heard of the riches of India and wanted to discover the mouth of the Indus river.
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This is when the Greek and Roman sailors and traders entered the Indian Ocean trading ceramics, glassware, olive oil, and gold.
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At this time diseases were starting to spread though the trading and movement of people. A few of these diseases were: Leprosy, Malaria, and Tuberculosis.
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Alexander the Great, a Greek king with the largest army ever in Greece. He defeated the Persian Empire, conquered Asia, Egypt, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley.
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The Silk Road was a trade route created by Zhang Quian. Connecting the Mediterranean, Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. This was a very popular trade route due to the rise of the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire.
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The rise of the Umayyad on the Arabian Peninsula provided a powerful western connection for the trade routes.
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The Indian trade routes began to connect to India, East Africa, Arabia, and Southeast Asia.
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The Song dynasty encouraged land based trading on the silk road as well as marina trading. They also created a powerful imperial navy to control piracy on the eastern end of the route.
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The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean trade began their time as pirates instead traders. They seized port cities like Calicut on India's west coast and Macau, in southern China. The Portuguese.
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Vasco da Gama was the first person to sail a Portuguese ship to India to establish a trade network. (Not all the Portuguese were pirates)
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England got most of their tea from India. Both the rich and poor drank tea. The rich were able to drink their tea with imported sugar and the poor had to use molasses syrup.