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3000 BCE
Interaction
First routes of the Indian river transform for trade and the first interaction is established -
2500 BCE
Fishing boats
Fishing boats are used to set sail -
2000 BCE
Pepper
Peppercorns were used for both, cooking and medicines. -
Period: 1550 BCE to 300 BCE
Phoencians
The Phoencians dominated the trade and travel, living in the coastal regions of Syria and Lebanon. Specializing in making glass products. They traded things such as wine, olives, wheat, spices, metal, and cedar wood. -
1000 BCE
Aryan Settlement
Aryan people settle in India -
700 BCE
Indigo Dye
The Indigo plant was found in documents dating back to the 7th Century BCE. Indigo was used in Chinese silks, paints, and dyes in India, Greece, and Roman times. -
600 BCE
Silk
China was the first to introduce silk. This was one of many goods traded along the "silk road", which connected the Mediterranean, the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. Silk was used as trade and as a form of currency. -
600 BCE
Coin Currency
The Greek coin was introduced as currency -
600 BCE
Kamal
The kamal was a navigation device used by Arab travelers. "An alternative--or the original--method for the same purpose involved the use of fingers held parallel to the horizon." -
600 BCE
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic begins -
Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE
Religion
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia -
500 BCE
Camel Saddle
Developed in Northern Arabia -
Period: 326 BCE to 325 BCE
Nearchus
Nearchus, Captain of Alexander the Great's ship writes of his voyage of the Indus River, following the coastline to the Straight of Hormuz and up to the Persian Gulf to the Tigris River. -
Period: 271 BCE to 232 BCE
Ashoka
Indian emperor who spread the word of Buddhism. Ashoka encouraged trade and allowed trading with Southeast Asia and West Asia
