indian-ocean-trade-classical

By emoodley
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Bananas
    They originated from wild tropical plants. Bananas were cultivated in South Asia and moved to Africa.
  • 1000 BCE

    Sugar cane

    Sugar cane
    Sugar is a wonderful luxury for cooking and sweetening. During the next few centuries, sugar would spread widely with trade, conquest and migration.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300

    Classical Era

    Classical Era ran from 1000 BCE to 300 CE
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 1 CE

    Navigation By Polaris

    Phoenicians first used this to navigate the Indian Ocean. They looked a static star which they called the "Phoenician Star" or what we see as the modern day North Star.
  • Period: 858 BCE to 824 BCE

    Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

    The pillar contains carvings telling the story of military campaigns and items that were given in tribute to the king as a result of these campaigns
  • Period: 610 BCE to 595 BCE

    Pharaoh Necho II

    His statue is shown in the image, began building a canal linking the Nile River and the Red Sea, called the Arabian Gulf by Herodotus.
  • 600 BCE

    Trade Network

    Three large trade networks, the Silk Road, the Indian Ocean trade, and the Saharan trade.
  • Period: 600 BCE to 450 BCE

    Phoenicians

    The Phoenicians dominated trade. They lived in the coastal areas of southern Syria and Lebanon, establishing major cities like Tyre, Sidon, Byblos and Arwad.
  • Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE

    Religion

    Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia.
  • Period: 510 BCE to 515 BCE

    Scylax of Caryanda

    He did a lot of traveling and was able to write a voyage book for mariners about his travels.
  • 500 BCE

    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon
    One of the oldest spices, Cinnamon found it's way across the Golf of Aden because of the trade winds and monsoons.
  • 500 BCE

    Buddhism

    Buddhism
    The Silk road led to the religion of Buddhism.
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander The Great

    Alexander The Great
    A great leader and warrior was able to defeat the Persian Empire and extend the Greek Rule across lands in the Middle East and Asia.
  • Period: 271 BCE to 232 BCE

    Ahoka

    Ashoka, one of the most famous Indian emperors, converted to Buddhism and worked to spread the religion.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE

    Cloves

    Cloves were a very important part of the spice trade, connecting the islands of Southeast Asia to the Asian mainland and other distant regions.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 23

    Chhien Han Shu

    Focuses on trade with Iran and an area referred to as the "South Seas."
  • Period: 200 BCE to 150 BCE

    Egyptian faience bowl

    Pottery made with blue-green ceramic glaze. Theses were an export for Egypt.
  • Period: 100 BCE to 200 BCE

    Pearls

    Pearls, which are produced by oysters and must be fished out of the sea, were a favorite of wealthy Romans.
  • 64 BCE

    Strabo The Geographer

    Strabo The Geographer
    He was a scholar who traveled to read scholarships of others
  • Period: 64 BCE to 23 BCE

    Sabaeans of Southern arabia

    The city of the Sabaeans, Marib, is situated upon a well-wooded mountain. Cinnamon and herbs with fragrant smells
  • Period: 26 BCE to 206 BCE

    Silk Road

    Silk was a hot commodity in trade. Spun naturally from the silk worm it was used to make many things but mainly clothing.
  • 100

    Kaveripattanam

    Kaveripattanam
    Kaveripattanam was the capital and major port city of the early Chola kings of the Tamil state
  • 600

    Greek Coin Currency

    Greek Coin Currency
    The Greek coin.