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Iron metallurgy is known in Western Asia, Southeastern Europe and North Aftica.
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Aryan people begin to settle in India.
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Bananas began to be traded from Africa to China and other parts of the Middle East
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China developed strong trade ties along the Silk-Roads
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Zhou kingdom ends in China.
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Nubia dominates Egypt.
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Iron metallurgy is known in China.
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Confucius is born and the philosophy of Confucianism begins.
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Roman Republic begins
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The camel saddle was developed in Northern Arabia. This allowed camels to transport more goods for trading.
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Greek and Roman sailors and traders began to enter the Indian Ocean which added additional goods and innovations.
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Hanno sailed around the western coast of Africa. He established colonies and a trading post off the coast of Mauritania.
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Hanno explores the West African coast
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Ptolemaic Kings rule in Egypt.
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Oceanic trading system in place across Afro-Eurasian continents by the last centuries of B.C.E.
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The Indian subcontinent was central as a producer and consumer in this vast network.
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Land based trade routes in Northern Africa were established through the Sahara which allowed for more trading.
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Ashoka encouraged contact that influenced the establishment of trade relations.
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Sassanid Empire rules in Persia until defeated by Arab Muslims.
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Cloves were traded from Europe to China. The Romans also imported cloves. Cloves were very important in the spice trade
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Popular in the Roman Empire and were ideal fr trading because of their small size.
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Buddhism was found through aIndian and Chineese cultures and spanned due to the influence of the trade routes.
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Development of the horse collar, stern-post rudder and watermill.
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Funan dominates Indochina and the Isthmus of Kra in Southeast Asia.